Union territory? Nah! "Bernardo" is quite clear on this front -- he has repeatedly said, suggested, hinted or averred that Goa was better pre-1961. And within that time-frame, there's no doubt that he saw 1910 as a diaster, and the 1928-1961 period as the golden epoch. FN
> English Books Al-Ahsa S/R [email protected] > Hello bernardo, > Just out of curiosity, do you think Goa was better off as a Union Territory? > Could you tell what this partial democracy is? > Cheers > Jerry Fernandes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Oliveira_Salazar Professor António de Oliveira Salazar (April 28, 1889—July 27, 1970) was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968, noted for the dictatorial nature of his government. Salazar was born in Santa Comba Dão. Initially, Salazar was a professor of political economics at the University of Coimbra. He became finance minister in 1928 and Prime Minister of Portugal in 1932. Most historians consider dictatorship a more apt term for his rule. In 1933 he introduced a new constitution to Portugal, which gave him almost unlimited powers, establishing an authoritarian regime in the country. Salazar was handed power by President António de Fragoso Carmona in 1932 and gained major support from different elements of society. After World War I (in which Portugal had sided with the Allies but gained nothing from the victory), the First Republic had been overthrown by the military. The mismanagement of this era contrasted with Salazar's success at reorganizing the country's finances (he managed to create a budget surplus for the first time in decades). This reputation paved the way for his power grab since the army, church, monarchists, upper middle classes, aristocrats and the right all preferred Salazar to the previous juntas. Salazar's regime has been variously described as Fascist, something which Salazar never considered himself to be. Salazar's political philosophy was based around authoritarian Catholic social doctrine, much like the contemporary regime of Engelbert Dollfuss in Austria. The economic system, known as corporatism, was based on the papal encyclicals Rerum Novarum and Quadragesimo Anno, which was supposed to prevent class struggle and supremacy of economism. Salazar himself banned Portugal's National Syndicalists, a much more unambiguously Fascist party, for being, in his words, a "Pagan" and "Totalitarian" party. Salazar's own party, The National Union, was formed as a subservient umbrella organisation to support the regime itself, and was therefore lacking in any ideology independent of the regime. It is arguable, therefore, as to whether Salazar's government can truly be considered 'Fascist'. There is no doubt, however, that he admired (or at least respected) both Mussolini and Hitler....
