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...Premier is Adelino da Palma Carlos, 69, a moderate who is a law professor with a reputation as an apolitical technocrat. Alvaro Cunhal, 60, the Moscow-oriented Communist Party chief who returned from exile in Eastern Europe, was named minister without portfolio; his party deputy, Avelino Pacheco Gonçalves, 35, is Minister of Labor. Moderate Socialist Leader Mario Scares, 49, who has conducted a sweeping tour of Europe since the coup, is Portugal's new Foreign Minister...
...Chile last year. Formed only ten months ago, the Front grew rapidly with support from Uruguay's restive labor unions and the youthful Tupamaro terrorists, as well as left-wing students, intellectuals and Catholic revolutionary groups- all bitter enemies of the toughly disciplinarian government headed by President Jorge Pacheco Areco...
Grabbing the Handle. On the eve of the election, some pollsters gave the Front a fair chance to beat both Pacheco's Colorados and the opposition Blancos, the two middle-reading parties which have traditionally dominated Uruguayan politics. Maybe next time. Minimizing their differences, which are small to begin with, the Colorados and Blancos joined forces against the Front in a campaign that played upon the traditionally conservative Uruguayan voter's reluctance to experiment, his deep-seated fear of Communism and his distaste for the Chilean experience. Thus the Front's hopes for a truly stupendous first...
Uphill Battle. Though the constitution prohibits a President from succeeding himself, Pacheco hopes to get around the law by including on the ballot a constitutional amendment that would allow him to have another term. Thus voters will not only be asked to choose from among eleven candidates for President, including Pacheco, they will at the same time have to decide whether Pacheco, by being allowed to succeed himself, should be a candidate at all. If the amendment fails, the President has promised to turn over his votes to his alternate, Juan Maria Bordaberry, 43, his Minister of Agriculture...
...their frustration has been a growing political polarization. Two weeks ago, Seregni narrowly escaped serious injury when an assassin lunged at him with a knife at a campaign rally. On the same day, a twelve-year-old boy was shot and killed in a campaign fracas. At a pro-Pacheco rally, someone tossed a live but harmless green snake at the speaker, who pitched it back onto the heads of his listeners. Such political turmoil was once almost unknown in the little land that was frequently called the "Switzerland of South America" and was noted for its hospitality to political...