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Humphrey demonstrates the risk of writing the political obituary of any politician who still walks the earth. After his loss to Richard Nixon in the presidential election of 1968, and then his defeat by George McGovern in the primaries of 1972, he seemed extinct. But within the past few weeks...
Growing Anarchy. The break in M.F.A. ranks was brought about by moderates determined to halt the gathering momentum toward Communist dictatorship. Led by former Foreign Minister Ernesto Melo Antunes, the moderates issued a petition of protest blaming the radicals-and indirectly the ruling junta-for growing anarchy, political drift and...
The document was aimed point-blank at Gonçalves, the orthodox Communists, the Communist-controlled press and labor unions. Equally determined attacks on the same targets were taking place in the tradition-bound, church-oriented regions of the country. In several towns, bloody clashes between attacking moderates and conservatives...
Western European leaders are seemingly less worried than Washington is about the dangers, but they are nonetheless unhappy with developments in Lisbon. In an attempt to bolster the Portuguese moderates, the Common Market has told Lisbon that it cannot expect economic aid until there are assurances that Portugal will become...
Saraiva de Carvalho got his revenge last year when he helped oust Spínola from the presidency; at 38, he had become the youngest brigadier general in Portugal's history. Saraiva de Carvalho's true political ideas are something of a mystery. Most recently, he has associated...