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The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century is a 1991 book by Samuel P. Huntington which outlines the significance of a third wave of democratization to describe the global trend that has seen more than 60 countries throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa undergo some form of democratic transitions since Portugal's "Carnation Revolution" in 1974.
The Spanish transition to democracy, known in Spain as la Transición (IPA: [la tɾansiˈθjon]; ' the Transition ') or la Transición española (' the Spanish Transition '), is a period of modern Spanish history encompassing the regime change that moved from the Francoist dictatorship to the consolidation of a parliamentary system, in the form of constitutional monarchy under Juan Carlos I.
In the Spanish Constitution of 1931, which governed the Second Spanish Republic, a territorial model was established halfway between federalism ―which was no longer defended by the republican parties due, among other reasons, to the influence of regenerationism and the failure of the federal experience of 1873-1874 ― [10] and centralism ― for example, Republican Union conceived the State ...
The Nationalist military insurgents won the Spanish Civil War against the democratic Republican government. [12] Nazi Germany , Fascist Italy , Britain and the United States supported the rebel army and Francoist government in various ways and at various times, but never supported the Second Spanish Republic .
In the history of contemporary Spain, the death of caudillo Francisco Franco on 20 November 1975 marked the beginning of the Spanish transition to democracy, the establishment of the parliamentary monarchy and the subsequent accession of King Juan Carlos I to the throne.
The release of Peru's former dictator, Alberto Fujimori, reflects emboldened criminal groups there and in countries such as Mexico, Guatemala and Ecuador.
King Felipe VI of Spain. The Spanish monarch, currently, Felipe VI, is the head of the Spanish State, symbol of its unity and permanence, who arbitrates and moderates the regular function of government institutions, and assumes the highest representation of Spain in international relations, especially with those who are part of its historical community. [7]
Too many want a dictatorship. Too many leaders pander to people’s worst instincts. In a recent CNN op-ed, former Judge J. Michael Luttig explains how the American experiment can soon fail.