Word: salazarism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Salazar has run his country for the past 24 years. Though "every citizen of this country has the opportunity to nominate himself or decide who deserves to represent him," Nasser said, there would be just one "National Union" ticket and Nasser would decide who went on it. Anybody who had been convicted by his Revolution Tribunal and courts as a "public enemy," and anybody who had been subject to such acts of "administrative custody" as being watched by the police could be, and last week was, "deprived of the exercise of his political rights" and could not stand for office...
...troubled world of the 20th century can boast no better-mannered or more enduring dictatorship than that of Portugal's ascetic, self-effacing Antonio de Oliveira Salazar. After about 21 years of would-be democracy, characterized largely by repeated bloodshed, revolution, and 40-odd changes of government, the Portuguese in 1932 were only too glad to turn their problems over to Dictator Salazar, who has been running the country with quiet efficiency and no organized opposition ever since. The rare eccentric who dares to raise his voice against the regime gets so little popular support that Salazar can afford...
...Option. In Salt Lake City, charged with failure to provide for his family, Felix E. Salazar was sentenced to 18 months in jail after he told the judge: "If I have to go to work now, I would rather go to prison and get it over with. What I would really like is a good job where you don't have to work hard...
Portuguese Dictator Salazar stubbornly held on to Goa, warned that there would be no transfer to sovereignty "by peaceful means," as Prime Minister Nehru suggested. The challenge was an embarrassment to Nehru, who constantly advises other countries to settle their differences by nonviolent means, and is reported to have boasted to Red China's Chou Enlai: "Watch how we get Goa without using force." This month, as India's Independence Day approached, in the absence of any better policy towards Goa, Nehru permitted his followers to try satyagraha again...
Communists Move In. When news of the shootings reached India, riots broke out and effigies of Salazar were hanged and burned. At this point, soul force was all but forgotten. Communists were in the forefront of the agitating, eager to cock a snoot at NATO partner Portugal. In Bombay, police fired on the rioters, wounding 85. The mob retaliated with stone-throwing, injuring 100, surged into the British High Commission building, smashed windows, manhandled the staff and demanded lowering of the Union Jack. Pakistan's office was also attacked, while 10,000 smashed up the Portuguese consulate and hoisted...