Word: dictatorship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Spain. The Task Force was impressed by both men. "Today Spain and Portugal have comparatively flourishing economies," wrote Hearst. "You can walk the clean streets safely at night. Peace and prosperity prevail. And both countries are solidly in the ranks of the West. If that is the result of dictatorship, I say make the most...
...demonstrations ordered by the powerful, left-wing National Front, nimble Premier Amini held a 90-minute conference with Front leaders, warned that 1) the Front was heavily infiltrated by Communist students and oil workers, and 2) should his government be brought down, it would be replaced by a military dictatorship headed by tough General Teymour Bakhtiar and supported by landlords and mullahs (Moslem religious leaders). General Bakhtiar makes no secret of his willingness, should the Shah call on him, to replace Amini's reformist program with simple repression. Last week the general was Jeeping through the mountainous interior...
...hoping that the junta would not go the whole way of military dictatorship, was quietly reserving judgment on increasing U.S. aid and credits that Korea's deteriorating economy badly needs. But the junta's cocky young colonels were heady with power. Said one: "Even if it means living solely on homegrown rice and pickled vegetables, we cannot exchange our goals...
Into the Vacuum. In one sense, Trujillo's death had cleared the air. Many Latin American nations had been unwilling to move against Castro so long as Trujillo's longer-lasting dictatorship continued unchecked and uncondemned. But in the chaotic aftermath, there was danger of a bloodbath instituted by Trujillo's unproved heirs, or the counterdanger of a revolt in which a Castro might emerge triumphant. Washington sounded out members of the Organization of American States on the possibility of joint action to maintain order inside the Dominican Republic, got firm assent from key nations...
...sure, the government established by Trujillo to administer his dictatorship seems to have the country pretty much under control, for the moment at least. Nevertheless, the political and economic structure erected over the past thirty years does not lead one to expect future stability. Like the ancient Frankish kingdoms, Trujillo's government was "despotism tempered by assassination." Intimidation and murder effectively wiped out any possibility of a meaningful "opposition," while Trujillo's demand for unqualified support and complete servility among his subjects have prevented him from grooming a successor...