Word: juntas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During his three-month stay on the small Aegean island of Kea, George Papadopoulos, former head of the Greek military dictatorship that was toppled last July, became obsessed with a fanciful scenario. "We will be granted amnesty," Papadopoulos would tell the four junta leaders who shared his exile. "We will stand for Parliament. We will be elected. And finally we shall rule again...
...harsher reality intruded. Picked up by a torpedo boat, whose commander was one of the hundreds of officers sacked by Papadopoulos, the five were sped to the port of Piraeus. From there they were taken to Korydallos prison and placed behind bars, along with the sixth member of the junta's inner circle, former Brigadier General Dimitrios loannidis. All six await trial on charges of insurrection and high treason. If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of death by firing squad...
...moving to prosecute the six, Premier Constantine Caramanlis responded to growing pressure. Preoccupied with the Cyprus crisis, which brings demonstrators into the streets of Athens with increasing frequency, Caramanlis had been under attack for being too lenient in dealing with former junta members and their collaborators. More than 100,000 people, including civil servants, judges, generals and university professors, who were appointed by the junta during its repressive seven-year reign have been dismissed by the Caramanlis government, but only about 50 face criminal charges. Under a parliamentary bill passed unanimously earlier this month, more than 250 army officers plus...
Judge John C. Geenty continued the cases of Christopher S. Richardson '75 and six other students arrested last October during demonstrations at Boston University against Chile's military junta, at a brief hearing Monday in Roxbury District Court...
...would never argue that U.S. intervention was solely responsible for the military coup. However, without U.S. military aid and training, guarantees of support for the junta, CIA "destabilization" tactics, and the cut-off of almost all economic aid to Chile by the U.S. and international credit organizations--the conditions which permitted the military to stage a successful coup would not have existed...