Word: democrdtica
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...objectionable to all three opposition parties, since they have large municipal followings in some areas, and the unlikely trio teamed up to kill it. The setback was the first sign of parliamentary cooperation between the P.S.D. and the C.D.S. following the creation of a so-called con-vergencia democrdtica, in which the two parties, though shying away from forming a unified voting bloc, agreed to work together when possible. What irked the opposition, said Amaro da Costa, was the Socialists' frequent failure to keep it informed. "Everything was arranged in the corridors. The Premier would go on a trip...
...essence of democratic form. At 15,315 polls, voters received a stack of colored cards and an envelope. Each card was a different color to represent a party, and the campaign publicity had been heavy enough that even illiterates could choose correctly from the spectrum. The incumbent Action Democrdtica, for example, had a pristine white card. Action's closest competition, the Social
...party that had almost everything going for it. Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez in the '50s had used the country's oil revenues, its biggest source of income, to turn Caracas into one of South America's most spectacular cities and to refurbish himself as well. Action Democrdtica ousted Perez Jimenez in 1958 and put the oil money into schools, highways, health programs and rural electrification. Venezuela still has a $900 million reserve and the bolivar is the continent's strongest currency. Not surprisingly, Barrios' slogan was a simple "continuismo...
...Action Democrdtica's good works for the country were offset by party infighting. Miffed because he was denied the presidential nomination, Party President Luis Beltran Prieto Figueroa stomped out to form his own slate. Last week Prieto had received more than 600,000 votes, many of which would have gone to Barrios if Prieto had not also run, and almost certainly would have changed the outcome...
...cops, rob banks, blow up pipelines and make sporadic attacks on backland towns. The guerrillas now have about 600 men under arms. So far they have failed to win much support from Venezuela's peasants, who form the backbone of President Leoni's reform-minded Ace ion Democrdtica party. Yet some 5,000 government troops have rarely been able to kill or capture more than one or two of the elusive guerrillas at a time, and their continuing presence unsettles the entire country...