Word: socialist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...kind of balloting. Although the number of political parties had been pared down from more than 50 to twelve (some parties have been banned by the M.F.A.), one Lisbon schoolboy aptly described the confusion of it all. "My father belongs to the Revolutionary Brigades, my mother is a Socialist, my brother is a Maoist," he said. "In a way, I'm glad I'm not old enough to vote...
...Portuguese revolution has a long-range final goal: the construction of a socialist society. First we have to consolidate democracy with measures in the economic field to combat the power of the monopolies and latifundiários [large landowners]. Portuguese fascism and monopolistic capitalism left the country in a state of extreme deterioration. [Portugal's large enterprises under the old regime were family owned and operated by a small elite; thus the country never developed a broad managerial class.] this is the reason for the nationalizations [of banks and insurance companies]. We are aware that we have grave problems...
...SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER MARIO SOARES, 50, a lawyer and outspoken critic of Salazar, was jailed twelve times before fleeing to Paris in 1969. There he became acquainted with other social democrats in Europe. As Foreign Minister, he engineered the independence of Portugal's African territories. He relinquished that post in the Cabinet shakeup last month (he is currently Minister Without Portfolio), but remains a dynamic political figure and a talked-about candidate for Premier...
...participation of 91 per cent of those eligible to vote signals support for the High Council and for a socialist state. And the Socialist Pary's strong support-with 38 per cent of the vote as opposed to 26 per cent for the centrist Popular Democrats and 12 per cent for the Communist Party-will probably ensure that Portugal's transformation will be a careful...
...transformation-constantly threatened by the return of an entrenched fascism that no coup could have eradicated in one year-Portugal's elections come as a welcome sign. They provide an example for those countries around the world laboring under the illusion of egalitarianism, an example of a Freely chosen Socialist state...