Chapter 12 Flashcards
UCD (Unión de Centro Democrático)
A centrist coalition that carried democracty led by Suarez. It became victorious over the Socialists in the first general elections in 41 years after a year of the abolishment of the Francoist Movement.
PCD
Communist Party
Popular Alliance
The People’s Alliance was a post-Francoist electoral coalition, and later a conservative political party in Spain, founded in 1976 as federation of political associations. Transformed into a party in 1977 and led by Manuel Fraga, it became the main conservative right-wing party in Spain.
Felipe Gonzalez
Socialist Party Leader. Guided the rhythm of reform. Contributed in the abolishing of Francoism after Franco, becomes prime minister
Constitution of 1978
Established the basic political structures of post-Franco Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Suárez was Spain’s first democratically elected Prime Minister since the Second Spanish Republic and a key figure in the country’s transition to democracy after the military dictatorship of Francisco Franco
PNV - Basque National Party
It used ETA, a band of patriots fighting for liberty against an occupying army, as leverage for promoting its own agenda.
Convergencia I Unio
Catalan nationalist electoral alliance in Catalonia, Spain
Machismo
The law under a Article 57 of the civil code was repealed resulting in the decline of infamous Spanish machismo.
Machismo is the sense of being ‘manly’ and self-reliant, the concept associated with “a strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity.
Antonio Tejero - 1981
Led a gun-wielding civil guards to invade the parliament and held deputies hostage for many tense hours.
Joseph Tarradellas
Signed the 1932 Catalan Statue.
Alfonso Guerra
The real mastermind and Felipe’s alter ego. His aide for the president was sharpening the knives for political opponents.
NATO
The president played the anti-American card to gain support for a national referendum on NATO.
Spain hoped that NATO membership might provide a solution for the problem of Gibraltar.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries
Paco De Lucia
A flamenco guitarist who collaborated successfully with top American musicans.
Miguel Barcelo
A Spanish contemporary artist that gained international fame and approval.
