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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Political parties: No elections since 1958. Parliamentary democracy was suppressed by military regime in 1958, two years after independence. Benevolent dictatorship faces mounting opposition, but its reforms could provide basis for full democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW, INDEPENDENT AFRICA: | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

...Cairo and presented them with a "National Charter," his first major political credo since he took over. Despite the fact that Nasser had confiscated $1.5 billion from Egypt's tiny, wealthy, luxury-bathed ruling class, he explained that "Arab Socialism" is not Communism: it favors religion, opposes the dictatorship of any class, and believes in private "but not exploitative" ownership. He called for the setting up of a one-party system based on a complex structure of villages, factories and urban districts. This ramshackle system, many Egyptians hope, may give Nasser a political base other than the army-which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt: After a Decade | 7/27/1962 | See Source »

...turn, he denied Benkhedda's charge that he and his friends hoped "to establish a fascist military dictatorship." All he wanted, protested Ben Bella, was a "socialist regime that takes into account the economic needs and fundamental aspirations of the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria: Battle of the Bens | 7/20/1962 | See Source »

Argentina, a land of spreading pampas, beef and grain, whose 20 million people are more than 90% European-descended, has been ruled by a puppet President and a military dictatorship for 3½ months. The treasury is about bankrupt, the peso has fallen from 83 to a dollar to as low as 137, the cost of living has risen 42.7% since April, and one of the most powerful of the Peronista unions last week threatened to take over the factories themselves unless they were paid long-overdue wages. Economics Minister Alvaro Alsogaray is flying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Americas: Three in Trouble | 7/20/1962 | See Source »

Despite our natural inclination to dislike any kind of dictatorship, mild or otherwise, we must admit after these pleasant eight weeks that the country is run very satisfactorily and has progressed considerably in the last few years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 6, 1962 | 7/6/1962 | See Source »

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