Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...General António de Spínola, the spiritual leader of the rebellion, rather than let the government "fall in the streets." Spínola, who claimed to be aloof from the plotting, replied that he would have to consult the junior officers who had led the coup. "I am not the leader of this movement," he maintained. "I did not act against the government." He added: "If the government has the good sense to find a solution, I think I will be doing a service by speaking to the rebels." Though he may not have actually helped plan...
...best guerrilla fighters, entered Republican National Guard headquarters for what was reportedly a polite, even friendly talk with Caetano, who had governed Portugal since 1968 when Dictator António de Oliveira Salazar suffered a stroke. (Salazar died in 1970.) To emphasize the continuity of power despite the coup, the general went to Lisbon's Portela Airport the next morning to bid farewell to Caetano, Thomaz and their senior Cabinet Ministers; they were jetted to exile on the tourist island of Madeira...
...battle. Disenchantment with the Caetano government's colonial policy climaxed in February when Spínola added his prestigious name to those of the dissenters with his book against the war. Young officers enthusiastically echoed Spínola's criticisms and in March even attempted an ineffectual coup that was smashed within hours. They were better prepared this time...
...odious D.G.S. men and lynch them, and army troops stood idly by. It was doubtful, however, that Spínola, who was somewhat alarmed at the city's mood, would let the leftists do more than march and sing. There seemed little chance that the army's coup would be captured by the left...
...Africa, where Portugal has an army of 160,000 men stationed in its major three colonies, the course of the coup was followed as eagerly as it was in Lisbon. In Lourenço Marques, capital of Mozambique, crowds gathered outside newspaper offices to buy up papers as they came off the presses. There was some concern in Lisbon that the hawkish commanders of either Angola or Mozambique might join with white settlers in defiance of the new dovish regime. But when they were fired, both men submitted quietly...