Word: salazarism
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Both estimates are probably way too high. Congo observers, working with the scraps of information that leak out past the iron censorship that Dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar has clamped on Angola, think as many as 7,000 Africans have been killed-many without reason, since probably no more than 2,000 to 3,000 natives are actively in revolt...
Many Portuguese Angolans are appalled by the lawless terror that is overwhelming the province, would gladly leave if they could. But Salazar recently forbade any white male between 18 and 45 to leave Angola, has sharply limited the export of funds out of Angola. At week's end, there were some signs of sanity in Portugal itself. In a public memorandum to Salazar, 61 leading Portuguese demanded drastic changes in the constitution to bring about a more democratic rule in the homeland-as the first step toward solving Portugal's smoldering colonial problems abroad...
...Salazar has no illusions about his task in Angola: "It is not going to be easy to normalize the situation. We will have to spend a great deal of money on armaments and troops. But even if we manage to put down the rebellion, we still face an even more difficult and serious problem: to make the colored element return to work once again in peace with the white element. The work of a century, overturned in a month...
...himself Salazar disclaimed any color prejudice: "I have many Negro friends," he said. "Both the doctor who handles my lab exams and my X-ray diagnostician are colored." On the other hand, he added, "No one is more racist than the Negro toward the white...
Huddled in his leather armchair, his feet neatly encased in old-fashioned high boots, Portugal's fading dictator suddenly seemed very weary. "Maybe," said Salazar, "I have lived beyond my time...