Word: coutinho
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tried to pass themselves off as mulattoes from the Cape Verde Islands-a flimsy charade since they speak Spanish, not Portuguese.) The Portuguese government, though nominally neutral in the struggle, has also leaned toward the M.P.L.A., partly because M.P.L.A. Leader Neto is a longtime friend of Admiral Antonio Rosa Coutinho, who openly supported the group when he was Portugal's Angolan high commissioner...
There is no doubt that the military is steadily assuming more and more power in Portugal and that the dominant faction is the one represented by radicals like Saraiva de Carvalho and Admiral Antonio Rosa Coutinho. Recently the admiral proposed that a new political party be organized from the ranks of all the leftist parties, including both the Communists and the Socialists-and the general said it would be even better to bar the parties' existing leaders from "getting in the way." As part of the process of establishing direct ties with the people, the military assembly discussed proposals...