Word: nola
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nation's $1.3 billion annual budget, claimed the lives of some 250 Portuguese troops every year, and caused profound frustration in the army, which felt that it was trapped in an unwinnable battle. Disenchantment with the Caetano government's colonial policy climaxed in February when Spínola added his prestigious name to those of the dissenters with his book against the war. Young officers enthusiastically echoed Spínola's criticisms and in March even attempted an ineffectual coup that was smashed within hours. They were better prepared this time...
...Carnations. Lisbon 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...
...soldiers would do. For the moment the authorities did nothing. The city police had been withdrawn for their own protection, so that mobs would not mistake them for the odious D.G.S. men and lynch them, and army troops stood idly by. It was doubtful, however, that Spínola, who was somewhat alarmed at the city's mood, would let the leftists do more than march and sing. There seemed little chance that the army's coup would be captured by the left...
Exactly what the new government in Lisbon will do in Africa is unclear, but if it follows the prescription of Spínola's book, it will not simply dismantle the empire it began 500 years ago, following the discoveries of the great Portuguese explorers* who were first sent out by Prince Henry the Navigator. Spínola, instead, talks of a federation of Portugal and its territories, with real autonomy-but not independence-for the Black African majorities. "Self-determination should not be confused with independence," he said last week. How such an arrangement would work in practice...
...African rebels have greeted Spínola with both suspicion and hostility, viewing his ideas for federation as merely a more sophisticated brand of colonialism. If it were to be a true federation, says Luis Cabral, a leader of Guinea's rebels, sheer weight of numbers would give the leadership to blacks. He adds sarcastically: "I'm sure Spinola wouldn't want a black government heading Portugal." Said Dr. Agostino Neto, an Angolan guerrilla leader: "What we want is to be completely free to determine the destiny of our own country. If all Lisbon has in mind...