Word: guineas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...took Portugal more than 500 years to acquire its African empire-and less than six months to get rid of most of it. Last week Portuguese Guinea formally received its independence under the name of Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique was granted a black-dominated government. Angola alone of the old empire remains under full Portuguese control, largely because Lisbon does not know to whom it should hand over the keys of government...
...transfer of power has not made everyone happy, and Portugal's President António de Spínola, whose colleagues had overridden his pledge that independence would come only after a referendum in each territory, looked disgruntled as he signed the documents freeing Guinea-Bissau. In fact, he said not one word during the two-minute ceremony. He is so embittered by the rush toward decolonization that having twice tried but failed to gain for himself stronger powers, he is now said to be on the verge of resigning. He is certain that the guerrilla movements that...
...million in potential export earnings; Zambia loses even more. The producer nations are now planning cartels, modeled after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, to set and enforce minimum prices. Chile, Peru, Zaire and Zambia have tried to organize a copper cartel, and seven nations, including Australia, Guinea, Jamaica and Yugoslavia, recently formed the International Bauxite Association to prop up prices for that ore, which is used to make aluminum. Most commodity producers, however, lack the religious, ethnic and cultural unity of the Arab oil producers, and it remains to be seen whether their efforts can counteract...
With a large crowd of dignitaries looking on, Portuguese Foreign Minister Mario Scares last week took a historic step for the world's oldest empire. He signed an agreement in Algiers granting independence to the 600,000 people of the West African territory of Portuguese Guinea, henceforth to be known as Guinea-Bissau. It was the first official move by Portugal to give independence to its African territories, which have been racked by guerrilla war; Angola and Mozambique will be next. And it came four months and a day after a coup in Lisbon paved...
...Manhattan. Mary, 36, divorced from her first husband, is married to Thomas Morgan, onetime press secretary to former New York City Mayor John Lindsay and now assistant to the publisher of New York magazine. Mary's twin brother Michael disappeared at sea on an anthropological trip to New Guinea in 1961. When his catamaran capsized, he attempted to swim to shore and was never seen again...