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Article: Gonzalez Underdog in Spanish Vote; Premier Warns of Franco Revival as Conservative Threatens 13-Year Rule
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- The Washington Post
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- March 3, 1996
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Spain appears poised to end the eventful 13-year reign of
Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, whose youthful style and
vigor symbolized the country's climb to democracy.
With a national election scheduled Sunday, polls show Gonzalez
and his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party trailing the conservative
Popular Party, whose leader, Jose Maria Aznar, campaigned on the
need for change in order to consolidate democracy here. Beyond
surveys, the tactics of Gonzalez's campaign in its final days
provide evidence that the incumbent is in trouble, many observers
say. He has tried to persuade Spaniards that Aznar will bring back
dark aspects of rule by Francisco Franco, the dictator who died ...