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...When Generalissimo Francisco Franco unveiled plans two years ago for Spain's first direct elections in three decades, he did not exactly open up the floodgates of democracy. For one thing, the popular elections were limited to 108 seats, a mere 19% of the Cortes, Spain's Parliament. The rest of the seats in the Cortes continued to be filled by Franco appointees or loyal organizations. Moreover, the campaign rules favored past members of the Cortes, forbade political parties or public fund raising, and required candidates to take a loyalty oath. Leaders of the real op position soon...
Down in the Mud. Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, who will be 81 later this month, last week presided over the 19th National Day of his republic since its exile to Taiwan. He and his advisers view Vanguard not only as a means of passing on Taiwan's own experiences in climbing from underdevelopment to economic independence, but also as an instrument to fight Communism. "Peking makes its pitch to governments amid polemics and promises that somehow never quite seem to turn out," says Yin Wei-Hang, director for African affairs at the Foreign Ministry in Taipei. "We go through...
Throughout Francisco Franco's long dictatorial rule, Spain's press has usually been kept as docile as his political opposition. Then, two years ago, the Generalissimo signaled a change. By abolishing some forms of censorship and adopting a more relaxed press code, his government seemed to be saying that it would tolerate freedom of information-up to a point. That point has now apparently been passed...
Since Spain's constitution pledges an eventual restoration of the monarchy, Spaniards have long scanned the official press for clues as to which of the Borbóns Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 75, might pick to fill the long-vacant throne. Monarchist activists pin their hopes on exiled Pretender Don Juan, 55, a moderate who favors evolution toward parliamentary democracy. Many Falangist regulars lean toward his son, Juan Carlos, 30, in the belief that the carefully schooled younger man would prove willing to stick with the regime's less flexible principles...
Spain's Vice President These statements recently electrified Spam, where protest is still a tentative testing affair. The speakers, representing the church and the armed forces earned the force of two powerful arms of the political triad that has supported the rule of Generalissimo Francisco Franco for 32 years (the third being the aristocracy). One man is a usually conservative cleric, pleading with the government to be more liberal; the other is the officer who administers Spain on a day-to-day basis, warning the country against liberalism. Both addressed themselves to the same phenomenon: the mood of questioning...