Word: juntas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...decision to send troops to Cyprus (see following story), noted that "many things have irrevocably changed." In Athens the new democratic government of Constantine Caramanlis had little choice but to accept the changes. "Mistakes have to be paid for," said Caramanlis in a reference to the former junta's rash decision to overthrow Makarios. Greek Foreign Minister George Mavros explained that "we did not go to Geneva for diplomatic glory. We went there to prevent a deterioration of the situation...
...Cabinet in more than seven years moved confidently last week to consolidate its power. Despite the urgent demands of the Cyprus crisis, which has brought his country to the brink of war with Turkey, new Premier Constantine Caramanlis worked methodically to erase the remnants of repression by the military junta's iron-fisted rule-what one newspaper newly freed from censorship called the "days of medieval darkness...
...restored the Greek constitution of 1952, guaranteeing civil rights to all Greeks; the junta had abolished it in 1967. A Cabinet spokesman promised that a referendum would be held "in due time" to decide whether Greece would remain a republic or again become a monarchy. He pledged "the formation of a democracy in which all Greeks will have a voice." In the meantime, the Cabinet would legislate by decree. At Caramanlis' urging, the Cabinet fired all the military-appointed provincial prefects and all secretaries-general of the government ministries. Most of Greece's ambassadors and top officials...
...declared that "this government is a great step forward." He demonstrated his confidence by meeting with a small group of foreign journalists-the first time in three decades that a Communist leader has dared to meet openly with the press. Student activists, who triggered last year's anti-junta demonstrations, also seem willing to give Caramanlis a chance. Said one student at Athens Polytechnic: "Caramanlis may not be our idea of the man of the future, but we have received him as a guarantor of democracy...
Under the circumstances it seems obvious that the junta in Portugal, having lost the war on the ground, has neither the military capability nor the political clout to dictate the course of events in Mozambique; the junta's position is even weaker in Guinea-Bissau, where African nationalists unilaterally declared the country independent in September 1973 and have had the succour of international recognition by over eighty nations. African nationalists in Angola have, through the urgings of the Organization of African Unity, recently agreed to band together to fight for their independence. All in all the story of African resistance...