"What do you think of our strike?" quipped Socialist Leader Mário Scares last week. He was referring to one of the most bizarre events in Portugal since the 1974 revolution: the government itself was staging a walkout. Its strike was to protest the massive rallies that have stymied its every move and the military's inability to guarantee its security to govern. The action meant that the 15-member Cabinet would no longer show up for work until President Francisco da Costa Gomes managed to restore discipline to the armed forces.
In theory, the move...
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