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Agee spent three years in Ecuador, between 1960 and 1963, learning the ropes of "clandestine activity." These were the years of the Cuban Revolution, when the United States did everything in its power, short of an outright declaration of war, to stop Castro and the socialist state he desired...
Rival sound trucks blared abusive slogans at one another and hostile crowds poured into the streets of Portuguese cities as the confrontation between moderates and Communists intensified late last week. In Oporto, the country's second largest city, 75,000 Socialists rallied to proclaim their support of democracy. Communist roadblocks of barbed wire and nail-studded planks failed to prevent the mass gathering. Meanwhile, about 35 miles north of Lisbon, angry mobs sacked the offices and burned the files of the Communist Party in both Lourinhà and Cadaval. At week's end, amid rumors of an impending...
Flag-Waving Mobs. These developments, culminating a week of mounting political tension, confronted those backing the creation of a parliamentary democracy in Portugal with their most serious challenge since the Revolution 15 months ago. Earlier in the week, Socialist demonstrators had denounced the military leadership; the Communist Party had responded by summoning its members to a "state of vigilance." On the extreme left, flag-waving mobs marched to demand dissolution of the democratically elected Constituent Assembly. They were supported by hundreds of soldiers from Artillery Regiment No. 1, widely known as the most radical in the country, who had brought...
...MPLA program poder popular because "within the context of our country, direct democracy is not possible." Holden Roberto has described his brand of socialism as neither right nor left, African above all--"If socialism is economic growth and a better life for the people, then I am a socialist" but denounces Neto's "Vandalistic socialism...
...president of Angola. He rejects the anti-imperialist rhetoric of the MPLA and FNLA as irresponsible: "Complete independence is impossible. The population must not be misled on this point by propaganda. We must wait long years to attain economic independence." Savimbi favors "democratic socialism" and wants to "build a socialist society in Africa--not one molded on China, Senegal, or Congo, but one that fits in with the history and realities of our country...