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Gonçalves' position had grown increasingly shaky as an alliance of anti-Communists sought to oust the leftist Premier from office. In the face of political and economic turmoil at home and a situation bordering on chaos in several of Portugal's remaining colonies, President Francisco da...
Distinct Minority. If and when the Premier does depart, the leading contender for his post appears to be General Carlos Fabião, army Chief of Staff and a political independent. Fabião was present when the nine moderates, led by former Foreign Minister Ernesto Melo Antunes, met with...
The moderates also presented Costa Gomes with a new document said to have been drafted in cooperation with Security Chief Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, who was also present at the meeting. Its most important demand was for a return to a coalition government composed of the major parties, with each...
The midnight meetings, the clandestine signals, the fears of assassination -were all outgrowths of the crisis that has overtaken Portugal in the past two months. On one side were the moderates, symbolized by Melo Antunes, who favor a gradual, pluralistic approach to socialism. On the other were the well-organized...
Even if the radicals and moderates do manage to triumph over the Communists, Portugal's future will remain precarious. Were Saraiva de Carvalho to emerge as a strongman, Portugal might well escape an East European-type dictatorship only to end up with a perhaps unorthodox but still dictatorial system...