THE ANATOMY OF A MOMENT

In February 1981, just as Spain was finally leaving Francos' dictatorship and during the first democratic vote in parliament for a n ew prime minister - Colonel Tejero and a band of right-wing soldiers burst into theSpanish parliament and began firing shots. Only t hree members of Congress defied the incursion and did not dive for cover,: Adolfo Suarez the then outgoing prime minister, who had s teered the country away from theFranco era, Guttierez Mellado, a conservative general who had loyally served democracy, and Marcelin o Camach...[Read more]