Reading comprehension (32) A little bit of History today, 23rd of February, 1981

Buenas tardes, estimados alumnos.

Hoy vamos a trabajar varios textos muy breves y bastante más sencillos. 

El 4º texto de hoy nos retrotrae al año 1981, cuando al salir del colegio, una tarde tranquila, de repente nos mandaron correr hacia las casas...

https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20210223/6258374/23-f-golpe-estado-congreso-cronologia-reconstruccion-40-aniversario-en-directo.html

23-F: Coup d'Etat in Spain

Background

From 1939, the end of the Spanish Civil War, Spain lived under Franco's military dictatorship until his death in November 1975. Before he died he designated Prince Juan Carlos as his successor and, to the surprise of many, after becoming king, Juan Carlos I dismantled Franco's regime and began the transition to democracy, a period known in Spain as La Transición. Some say that La Transición ended with the first general election in 1977, others when the constitution was approved in 1978, and yet others argue that it definitively ended 23 February 1981, the date of the failed coup d'État led by Lieutenant-Colonel Tejero. 23 February 1981 was a dramatic and tense moment in modern Spanish history and is popularly known in Spain as 23-F. On the same day as the coup, a vote was in progress to confirm Calvo Sotelo as Prime Minister. The vote was being recorded for television, and this is the footage we see in the beginning of the video below.

Shortly after the assault on Parliament another military leader, Jaime Milans del Bosch, led men and tanks into the streets of Valencia. King Juan Carlos I is widely considered to have been responsible for the failure of these actions. Wearing his military uniform of Captain-General of the Armed Forces, he went on television early in the morning of 24 February and declared his support for the democratically-elected government. With this, the insurgents, who had counted on the support of the king, knew that their action had failed. Some of the consequences of this failed coup were to give the young constitutional monarchy renewed legitimacy and in particular increased support for the King. This included not just public support, but support from political parties across the spectrum including the Communist party. https://spanish.kwiziq.com/learn/reading/23-f-coup-d-etat-in-spain

📝 Glosario de 20 Palabras Clave

No.	English Word/Phrase (Inglés)	Spanish Translation (Español)
1	Coup d'État	Golpe de Estado
2	Background	Antecedentes / Contexto
3	Military dictatorship	Dictadura militar
4	Designated	Designó / Nombró
5	Successor	Sucesor
6	Dismantled	Desmanteló
7	Transition to democracy	Transición a la democracia
8	General election	Elecciones generales
9	Constitution	Constitución
10	Definitively	Definitivamente
11	Failed	Fallido / Fracasado
12	Lieutenant-Colonel	Teniente coronel
13	Dramatic and tense	Dramático y tenso
14	In progress	En curso / En desarrollo
15	Confirm	Confirmar / Ratificar
16	Footage	Grabación / Metraje
17	Assault on Parliament	Asalto al Parlamento
18	Insurgents	Insurgentes
19	Constitutional monarchy	Monarquía constitucional
20	Across the spectrum	De todo el espectro (político

Me acuerdo que las calle se vaciaron y no nos dejaron jugar a la pelota en la plaza de la Catedral. 

Saludos.