Word: revolt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...south make it evident that the stakes are higher than the simple aspirations of hungry peasants fighting to rid themselves of a feudal power-structure. As for the disinterested Chinese, they have already told friendly visitors that they are training Thai cadres to lead the indigenous peasant revolt being planned for Thailand...
...Castro-style campaigns to murder local authorities and win over the peasantry. In Colombia's northeast, where they have back-to-back liaison with Venezuelan terrorists across the border, Communist bands have been shooting, looting, and haranguing the terrified populace to join in a people's revolt. In the southwest, Colombia's notorious Bandit-turned-Castroite Pedro Antonio Marín, 34, alias Sure Shot, leads some 160 guerrillas, who killed 17 people-including two nuns-in a recent raid; and is the main suspect in the kidnaping of a leading industrialist, whose body was found last...
Coming on the eve of the first anniversary of the military revolt that toppled Leftist Joāo Goulart, the call to vote was one more indication of the firm purpose of Castello Branco's government. Brazil's soldiers ousted Goulart not just to rescue the country from Communism but also to impose a semblance of order on its chaotic political and economic life. In the twelve months since, a calmer, somewhat chastened Congress has passed more than 200 new laws and constitutional amendments. Among them: agrarian reform, a complete income-tax overhaul, and a law revamping...
...plans to continue working on various books, one of which, Revolt Against ideology, should be ready for publication late this year...
Lest anyone think he had succumbed to uncharacteristic modesty, he added: "What has been overlooked is the tremendous job I did from July 1962 through December 1963. I saved the business. Somebody asked me, was I prepared for the revolt? Was the captain of the Titanic prepared for hitting the iceberg? I am gratified to have been able to make a contribution to Curtis during some of its most difficult hours. It is in the best interests of all that Curtis now be given the time without harassment to continue to improve its magazines and market them more effectively...