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Winds of Change: Democracy in Southern Europe

Explore the shift to democracy in Southern Europe during the mid-20th century, from the fall of authoritarian regimes in Portugal and Spain to the tumultuous events in Cyprus and Greece. Witness the rise of democracy amidst political upheavals.

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Winds of Change: Democracy in Southern Europe

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  1. Democracy Comes to Southern EuropeHistory 337 / March 19, 2012

  2. Antonio SalazarPrime Minister of Portugal, 1932-68Founder of the “Estado Novo”(1932-74)

  3. Portugal’s African colonies:Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, smaller territories

  4. Contemplating Spain without Franco(Time cover from 1966)

  5. JosemaríaEscrivá, founder of Opus Dei(here: in Pamplona Cathedral, 1960)

  6. Basque terrorism:the ETA attacks the Franco regime

  7. Cyprus – an ethnically divided Mediterranean island

  8. Violence in Cyprus, 1964: Archbishop Makariosobserves

  9. On patrol with UNFICYP, April 1964

  10. Greece’s junta after the coup of April 1967(right: Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos, Prime Minister)

  11. Lisbon,April 1974: Marxist officers overthrow the “Estado Novo”

  12. Workers and soldiers unite on the streets of Portugal

  13. Mario Soares, leader of Portugal’s Socialist Party(founded in Bad Münstereifel, West Germany, in 1973)

  14. King Juan Carlos of Spainin 1975

  15. Regions of Spain

  16. Facing off against Greek students:the Athens Polytechnic uprising of November 1973

  17. The Turkish military seizes northern Cyprus, July 1974

  18. The Greek junta on trial (1975)

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