Word: junta
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Hardly anyone in Argentina expected that the transition from the military junta of General Alejandro Lanusse to the newly elected civilian government of Peronista President-elect Hector Campora would be peaceful. Last week trouble came, although not, perhaps, in a manner that many had expected. On a busy Buenos Aires street, an urban guerrilla from a Trotskyite group called the People's Revolutionary Army shot and killed Rear Admiral Hermes Quijada, former chief of the Armed Forces Joint General Staff...
Charging that the regime had disrupted the armed forces, damaged the economy, engaged in "unprecedented brutality" against protesting students, and lied to the people with false pledges to restore democracy, Caramanlis demanded that the junta resign, bring back King Constantine from exile in Rome and hand over power to "an experienced and strong government." In a slap at U.S. policy, he charged that Washington was "either in collusion with the Greek regime or wanted to be deceived by it in order to justify its own contradictory policy...
There is no question that Panama needs added revenue. In the four years since Torrijos' military junta seized power, government indebtedness has doubled to $320 million, and simply servicing the debt takes 30% of the budget. Meanwhile, there has been almost no industrial investment in four years, and a severe drought has forced once self-sufficient Panamanians to import rice...
...first time since the military junta seized power and imposed martial law six years ago, Greece has been rocked by political protests. Surprisingly, the demonstrations were organized and led by Greek university students, who have until recently been considered the most passive and timid in Europe. "I smell the fresh breath of spring," exclaimed Opposition Leader John Zighdis, a former Cabinet Minister who was imprisoned for a year and a half by the colonels. "This will lead to the destruction of tyranny and the downfall of the dictatorship." Retorted the government spokesman, Byron Stamatopoulos: "The student problem is like...
Greece's disorganized and ineffective political opposition is watching the student protest movement with unreserved delight. There seems to be little hope, however, that the demonstrations will topple the regime. Only the army could oust Papadopoulos, and it is still firmly controlled by the junta. Clearly, though, the government no longer controls the minds of the students, who seem to have been radicalized by events of recent weeks. As one leader put it last week: "We are the spearhead of the whole political movement now!" The mosquitoes, in short, are biting back...