Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...borders with reformist Hungary. Travelers trying to cross at five border points were turned back, possibly to prevent any disruption of a party Congress this week. With the Soviet Union now encouraging the reforms that felled other hard-line rulers, the tyrannical Ceausescu last week turned to China for support in standing firm. The tide of reform is not likely to reach Bucharest so long as its despotic leader survives. Any Rumanian bold enough to speak out is beaten, harassed or imprisoned. Says Jane Ingham, a Rumanian specialist in England: "The regime is so oppressive that no opposition movement...
...ascendancy in Bulgaria was the result of deep interparty wrangling that was fueled by a policy clash over Zhivkov's persecution of the country's large Turkish minority. The racist program raised an international uproar that embarrassed Mladenov, who was then Foreign Minister. Mladenov is believed to have rallied support among the Politburo to stage a civilian coup against Zhivkov. After a decisive vote, the new overlord of Bulgaria quickly adopted the language of reform to rally public support and consolidate power. Despite his stated preference for free elections, Mladenov has said nothing about abandoning the Communists' "leading role...
...motives behind the F.M.L.N. offensive were far from clear. The extent of the assault prompted speculation that the guerrillas were hoping a final sink- or-swim offensive would rally popular support and bring down the six-month- old Cristiani government. If that was the intent, the rebels missed their mark by a wide margin. While their ability to infiltrate tons of arms and ammunition and 3,500 fighters into the capital demonstrated significant civilian support, the guerrillas failed to spark a popular uprising. In fact, the assault may have earned the rebels more new detractors than supporters. Traditional political allies...
...Since then the pace of change in Eastern Europe has accelerated so quickly that the F.M.L.N. may be worried that it will be forgotten by its Communist patrons. Toward that end, the F.M.L.N. may have been reminding both the Cristiani and Bush administrations that with or without foreign Communist support, the guerrillas must be part of any eventual settlement...
...message -- then bent it to its own purposes, using the occasion to renew old charges against Moscow. Secretary of State James Baker told the Organization of American States that the Soviet Union "bears special responsibility because its arms and its money, moving through Cuba and Nicaragua, continue to support violence, destruction and war." While there was no evidence of direct Soviet complicity, there were indications that Nicaragua is continuing to arm the F.M.L.N...