Spain on alert before elections as coup fears rise
Madrid Spain UPI reports Spanish armed forces and police placed on red alert on the eve of elections expected to bring the first socialist government in decades. Left and right wing parties anticipated gains at centrists’ expense. Socialists led with about 200 seats in the 350 seat lower house, Fraga's Pop Alliance second, Centrist Party collapsing.
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Grim Amnesty report on political killings in 1981
Amnesty International's 1981 annual review condemns state violence and political killings. It cites 3,278 executions in 34 countries, legal executions and death sentences, with Iran led by Ayatollah Khomeini and widespread repression in Latin America, the USSR, and other regions. It notes torture reports from Guatemala, El Salvador, Chile, Uruguay, Haiti, and Colombia.
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