Word: communistic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ambassador to the U.N. Andrew Young is worried about the Soviet role in Africa from a somewhat different viewpoint. He regards the Communist threat to the continent as less serious than does either Vance or Brzezinski, partly because he believes African nations are more interested in economic development than in ideology and thus more inclined to look to the West for help. But he is fearful that Russian adventurism could produce an emotional reaction in the U.S., which could wreck the Administration's carefully nurtured policy of seeking closer ties with black Africa...
...dealing with African nations, the Communist powers have certain advantages over the European countries and even the U.S. For one thing, they are untarnished by the history of African colonialism. The irony is that in the postwar era, while Western Europe, with U.S. prodding, was carrying out one of the greatest dismantlings of colonial power in history, the Russians were busy creating an empire of their own in Eastern Europe. Nonetheless, the Russians are free to identify themselves unambiguously with the African liberation movements, something the U.S. has rarely been able to do because of its close relations with...
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro may talk like an explorer, but he acts more like, well, a messianic leftist conquistador. Since he began a major airlift of troops to Angola three years ago, the bearded Communist dictator has expanded his country's military presence in Africa to ominous dimensions. Some 43,000 Cuban troops, roughly one-third of his country's regular armed forces, are now stationed on the continent. In addition to the army-size units in Angola (20,000 troops) and Ethiopia (17,000 troops), there are contingents in Mozambique, the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya...
...Christian Democratic headquarters in Rome, official mourning for Moro gave way to momentary ebullience over the bastonata (thrashing) delivered to the Communists. The victory strengthened the position of Premier Giulio Andreotti and Party Secretary Benigno Zaccagnini as heirs to Moro's leadership. Eventually, however, the election results could give those conservative regulars in the party who are unhappy about collaborating with the Communists new incentive to challenge that leadership. As one Christian Democratic strategist put it: "I knew we should have gone for an early election last winter instead of forming a government with Communist support...
...mood at Communist headquarters was sullen and depressed, although spokesmen argued that the party traditionally does better in general elections than in local contests where Christian Democratic patronage is entrenched. Party officials admitted that, despite their forceful stand against bargaining with Moro's kidnapers, they had been tarred by the terrorists' use of the "Red label" and what they called the "illicit misrepresentation of the Communist name." Giancarlo Pajetta, a prominent Communist leader, fumed against Christian Democratic politicians in the provinces who had called the Red Brigades "the Communists' children" in campaign speeches...