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...million votes. But the first round was not an even fight. While Freitas do Amaral was the only right-wing candidate, the leftist vote was split three ways. In addition to Soares, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, who served as Prime Minister for five months in 1979, and Francisco Salgado Zenha, a former Socialist Party member, were also running...
When the campaign opened, Salgado Zenha appeared to be the strongest candidate on the left. He had the backing of the Communist Party, and in the closing days of the campaign was endorsed by General Antonio Ramalho Eanes, the popular outgoing President, and his newly formed Democratic Renewal Party. Salgado Zenha, though, was a lackluster candidate who showed little charisma on TV, now an important factor in Portuguese elections. Too often he came across as sneering and aloof...
...campaign, sending musical shows on the campaign trail and surrounding himself with popular national figures, including Olympic Marathon Winner Carlos Lopes. Soares also emphasized his political experience and his achievements, including the country's entry into the E.C. Ultimately, Soares won back support from Socialists who had defected from Salgado Zenha after he won Communist backing. Salgado Zenha ended up with 20.9% of the vote and Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo got just...
...problem. In the southern town of San Juan del Sur, "Rodrigo," 27, told TIME that his neighbors have been warned to vote for the Sandinistas or risk losing their food ration cards. "It's not a fear of repression, as in Somoza's times," says Domingo Sanchez Salgado, presidential candidate of the small Socialist party. "It is a fear of repercussions...
...lobbies feature turret-like booths with small slots for keeping rifles trained on potential thieves. According to Geraldo Vidigal, a lawyer for the Federation of Brazilian Bank Associations, these armored guardhouses initially provided "a certain psychological deterrent," but ultimately proved useless. Once a robbery is under way, says Roberto Salgado, director of the Brazilian Association of Guard and Security Companies, "most banks instruct the guards not to shoot where there's a chance of losing a customer or a teller." Perhaps as a result, guards often find themselves forced at gunpoint to turn over their arms to the robbers...