Word: dictatorship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After much tension but surprisingly little violence, the Dominican Republic last week seemed to be heading for stability. Seven months after the assassination of Trujillo. which ended 31 years of dictatorship, a peaceful transition to democracy was agreed to by all factions. If all now goes well, there will emerge a Swiss-style Council of State, and free elections will be held next year. Agreement on all this was reached by the opposition and by President Joaquin Balaguer and the army's strongman. General Pedro Ramón Rodriguez Echavarria...
...free country, the citizen does not know the government exists," she maintained. It is when the statists, who believe "some men have the right to rob and coerce others," control the government that "dictatorship and destruction result...
...Generalissimo's brothers appeared to be attempting a coup. One cannot be sure what Balaguer had in mind when he asked for U.S. support (other than the desire to stay in power); his recent action indicated a preference for the company of military leaders that might bring military dictatorship to the country. Certainly, one can doubt the sincerity of Balaguer's promises of democracy and free elections, but the fact of this week's compromise demonstrates that he is at least willing to put the government into the hands of men other than himself...
...British interests of fomenting and financing rebellion against the Ghanaian government. But criticism of the "foreign press conspiracy" reached fever pitch. Ousted from Ghana for "false, tendentious and obnoxious" reports were two British journalists.* Their crime: stating the obvious fact that Ghana is drifting toward an oppressive, Red-lining dictatorship...
...while, Kennedy is trying to convince Latin Americans that his Alliance for Progress is a workable alternative to Castro's Communist dictatorship. Last week he disclosed that he may make his first visit to Latin America soon, probably a journey to two reform-prone nations, Colombia and Venezuela...