Word: juntas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reacted like a liberated city. People joked with the soldiers guarding the main streets and squares, and long stemmed red carnations, a symbol of support for the army, appeared everywhere. Cheers and hurrahs greeted every mention of Spínola's name. Appointed to the seven-man ruling junta group that he clearly dominated, Spínola went on television with his colleagues to promise free elections "as soon as possible," a phrase later defined as some time within the next year. They also pledged to abolish the hated secret police in Portugal itself and grant full civil liberties...
...standards. Apart from a change in Africa, foreign policy will probably remain the same; and Portugal's membership in NATO will most likely still be a cornerstone of the country's military policy, with the U.S. retaining use of the invaluable airbase in the Azores. The military junta will no doubt try, as Caetano also tried, to speed economic development. It will immediately be confronted, however, with the obstacle of one of Europe's most virulent cases of inflation-a staggering 30% increase last year-and with possible opposition from the famous "100 families" that have long...
General Antonio de Spinola, the head of the Portuguese junta, has said he favors the establishment of a Portuguese federation of allied autonomous states, including Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Angola...
...inspiring it by his publication last February of a book, "Portugal and the Future," which said the wars Lisbon was waging couldn't be won militarily and political solution was necessary. The 64-year-old cavalryman, who wears a monocle and carries a riding crop, rose to lead a junta after the officers who had begun the rebellion called...
Rogers added that General Antonio de Spinola, the head of the Portuguese junta, has never favored complete independence for the three colonies...