Word: tica
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Czechoslovakia in 1968. Although banned by the regime of ailing Dictator Francisco Franco, 82, the Communists are conservatively estimated to have 12,000 members, and by their own count many more. Recently, they have enlisted a broad spectrum of individuals, including many professionals, in the junta democrática-an umbrella organization whose professed purpose is "to unite the opponents of the government and ultimately restore democracy" to Spain after Franco's death...
...dictatorial regime of Franco, but what is not clear is what will come immediately after. Different forces are in motion. On one side are those people who talk of democracy without the participation of the Communists. On the other side there is the junta democrática, which includes Communists, socialists, monarchists, liberals and representatives of all economic and social classes. We want a democratic regime as one understands it in the West, with universal suffrage...