Word: violent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Violent Xenophobia. Arias' statement apparently touched a nerve of the Spanish psyche that has been highly responsive for centuries: a conviction that Spain is different from the rest of Europe and that Europe resents this. As TIME'S Madrid bureau chief Gavin Scott reports, many Spaniards see their country as being attacked from abroad simply because it is determined to "follow its own road." Some of the banners at the mass rally mirrored this feeling: "When will Europe stop envying Spain?" asked one. Another crudely depicted a Spaniard defecating on a map of Europe...
...times last week this xenophobia became violent. While Franco addressed the rally, gangs of rightist youths roamed Madrid's streets, roughing up foreigners. Windows were smashed at the posh Castellana Hotel, apparently for no reason other than that the main entrance was flanked by poles flying foreign flags. The U.S., which did not join in the international denunciations, was pointedly spared such treatment. One group of young Franco supporters paused during a march in Madrid's diplomatic quarter to shake hands with the machine-gun-toting Spanish policemen guarding the U.S. embassy...
Otaegui, who worked as a mechanic in Azpeitia, had been a clandestine member of the E.T.A. for five years. This terrorist organization has not only spearheaded resistance to what Basques call "Hispanicization," but also won a deserved international reputation as the most violent and daring Spanish group opposing Francisco Franco's regime. Six E.T.A. terrorists were sentenced to death in 1970 for kidnaping a West German consul in San Sebastian, but were reprieved at the last moment...
...least half of its top leadership has been jailed or killed in shootouts with police, and a split has developed between moderates, who stress political and diplomatic action and the more violent "military" wing...
...exchange of coup threats between Communists and Socialists culminated a severe spate of military and civilian disorder. It began with a series of violent protests by veterans of Portugal's African wars. They included an abortive attempt to kidnap the Pinheiro de Azevedo Cabinet and peaked when a leftist mob looted and burned the Spanish embassy, consulate and ambassador's residence in Lisbon, causing some $22 million in damages...