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...many ironies to his death. As ex-King of Egypt, he died in exile in Rome, just as ex-King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, died in exile in Alexandria. Also ironic was the fact that in the week of Farouk's death, the man who had helped overthrow him, Gamal Abdel Nasser, was almost unanimously re-elected President of Egypt, obtaining an incredible 99.999% of the 6,950,000 votes cast. If the results were to be believed, only 65 hardy souls voted against Nasser, while 489 ballots were defaced and therefore held invalid...
...changes that Jaguaribe proposes would "overthrow the military conservative coalition which now protects the income and influence of the elite." Jaguaribe believes that Brazil's most obvious problems--low productivity in agriculture, rural poverty and the erosion of natural resources--only reflect the institutional inequities maintained by this "conspiracy." Nearly 90% of all rural workers do not own the land they work on. The absence of a rural middle class market stifles Brazilian industry. The bem nascidos and the army "combine to keep one masses out of the political club...
...Fraud," cried Belaúnde, and demanded a "tribunal of honor" to re count the votes. "In case the government does not comply," Belaúnde threatened, "we will be compelled to overthrow it." Watching from the wings, Peru's army regarded Belaúnde with suspicion. But it hated APRA with an unyielding fury. The generals sent tanks crashing through the wrought-iron gates of Lima's presidential palace, deposed outgoing President Manuel Prado, nullified the election, and set up their own four-man junta to rule Peru...
Herbert Marcuse, professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University, said last night that while "the establishment" believes that "truth is a subversive concept and enlightenment a dangerous idea," he does not favor a violent revolution to overthrow...
Lewis defined as "extremist groups" those which conspire to overthrow the government by force and those which serve a foreign power. He included the Communist, Socialist Labor, and Nazi parties, the Black Muslims, and the Ku Klux Klan. In answer to a question, he said that the HUAC had been investigating the Klan for 10 years at the time he left its staff...