Word: cunhal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from sitting in the rubber-stamp National Assembly. Socialist Leader Mario Soares, 49, who returned in triumph from Paris four days after the coup, proclaimed: "We are ready to assume the highest responsibilities of office." Another former exile and Soares' principal rival on the left, Communist Leader Alvaro Cunhal, 60, had no sooner unpacked his bags than he began negotiating with the junta for the job of Labor Minister. Because of the rigid discipline the Communists had been forced to exercise during their years as an outlawed underground movement, they have emerged as the most organized political party...
...Lisbon's Santa Apolonia Railroad Station by a throng of 7,000, a scene that some compared to Lenin's famous arrival at the Finland Station in 1917 after the fall of the Czar. The second prominent exile to come back was Communist Alvaro Cunhal, 59, who had been living in Eastern Europe for the past 14 years, after serving 13 years in Portuguese jails. Cunhal's presence was the most tangible sign so far that the junta is sincere when it promises full freedom of expression...
Soares and Cunhal met with Spinola -and both indicated that they expect their parties to be included in the provisional government Spinola will soon form to guide the country until national elections are held within the next year. "The Communist Party is ready to assume its responsibility in the present political structure," said Cunhal. "We must all remain united and work with the junta to consolidate the gains of April 25th," said Soares, who was enthusiastic after meeting Spínola. "What intellectual stature this man has," he said. "He accepted what was thrust upon him by the revolution...