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Cabinet ministers lined up for execution after a coup d'tat in Liberia ...  Mar 11, 2014 ... Shortly after the coup, government ministers were walked publicly around ... On April 12, 1980, Samuel Doe led a military coup, killing President ... shortly after he took control of the Liberian government in 1980. ... The spectacle of his torture was videotaped and seen on news reports around the world.
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2004 Haitian coup d'tat - Wikipedia  The 2004 Haitian coup d'tat occurred after conflicts lasting for several weeks in Haiti during ... Aristide claims that his departure was a kidnapping, accusing the U.S. of ... The opposition in Haiti accused the government party of election fraud in the .... What some people call 'resignation' is a 'new coup d'tat,' or 'modern...
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jeopardy/1230_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  1945 | In a surprise coup, he overthrew Argentina's new government & set up his own cabinet | Juan Peron. right: Joyce. Wrong: Value: $500. Number: 10.
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Juan Pern - Wikipedia  Juan Domingo Pern was an Argentine lieutenant general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President, he was thrice elected President of Argentina, ... During his first presidential term (194652), Pern was supported by his second wife, Eva Duarte ("Evita"),...
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Coups d'tat in Argentina - Wikipedia  In Argentina, there were six coups d'tat during the 20th century: in 1930, 1943, 1955, 1962, ... The military leadership established a fascist government and, for drafting the ... be overthrown by the military in 1955, before he finished his second term. ... The latter group ended up gaining power and executing another coup,...
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The Soviet Coup That Failed - The New York Times  Aug 21, 2011 ... The latter-day Bolsheviks of 1991 unwittingly hastened the fall of U.S.S.R.. ... Communist apparatchiks outlined a plan to overthrow the Soviet government. ... a few days their ill-prepared coup attempt would bring forward all that they feared most. ... But the few years that he and Mr. Gorbachev led the country...
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Chapter 23 - The French Revolution and Napoleon Flashcards ...  5 man ruling body created but the constitution of 1795; held power from 1795 to ... First Consul. title taken by Napoleon after his coup d'etat overthrew the Directory ... guards are attached; radicals took over assembly; king and queen executed. ... France and restored order; coup d'etat put him in power; become 1st consul;...
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List of Dictators - SourceWatch  Sep 23, 2009 ... His rule saw the rapid modernization of Mexico, progress mainly ... martial law in response to guerilla opposition; oversaw brutal repression by the National Guard. .... His government was also marked by the influence of the director of the SIN, ... Hafez al-Assad, Syria, 19702000, Gained power in a coup;...
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Augusto Pinochet - Wikipedia  Augusto Jos Ramn Pinochet Ugarte was President of Chile between 1973 and 1990 and Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army from 1973 to 1998. He was also president of the Government Junta of Chile between 1973 and 1981. His rule of Chile was a dictatorship. ... In a 1988 plebiscite 56% voted against Pinochet's continuing as president,...
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 11 | 1973: President overthrown in Chile coup  President Salvador Allende of Chile - the world's first democratically-elected Marxist head of state - dies in a revolt led by the armed forces.
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The History of Peronism (Part I)  The Argentina Independent  Oct 11, 2011 ... On the 16th June 1955, the political opposition (conservative, ... Navy planes bombed Plaza de Mayo, where a rally was taking place, killing more than 300 people. ... led an unsuccessful uprising against the government, which ended ... restore some of the rights lost by the workers during the dictatorship.
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Peron deposed in Argentina - Sep 19, 1955 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Peron deposed in Argentina on Sep 19, 1955. ... of rule, Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron is deposed in a military coup. ... In 1943, he was a leader of a group of military conspirators that overthrew Argentina's ... In March 1973, Peronists won control of the government in national elections, and...
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Augusto Pinochet - Wikipedia  Augusto Jos Ramn Pinochet Ugarte was President of Chile between 1973 and 1990 and .... The U.S. provided material support to the military government after the coup, ...... According to a study in Latin American Perspectives, at least 200,000 Chileans (about 2% of Chile's 1973 population) were forced to go into exile.
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Jul 4, 2010 ... Leftist guerrillas are in their 10th yr. of trying to overthrow this country's gov't now led by Alfredo Cristiani. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it!
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Argentina: Troubled Nation | PBS NewsHour  Jan 2, 2002 ... Argentina's fifth president in two weeks took office amid protests. ... 31, 2001: Argentine interim President Saa resigns. ... On December 20, the public cheered when Fernando de la Rua ... lawmakers chose Adolfo Rodriguez Saa of the opposition Peronists. .... Anything you post should be your own work.
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Peron elected in Argentina - Feb 24, 1946 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Peron elected in Argentina on Feb 24, 1946. ... Juan Domingo Peron, the controversial former vice president of Argentina, is elected president. ... On this day in 1836, in San Antonio, Texas, Colonel William Travis issues a call .... and that the studio has cast 16-year-old Judy Garland in the film's central.
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Free Flashcards about HISTORIC LEADERS - StudyStack  MSWATI III BECAME THE KING OF THIS COUNTRY IN 1986 WHEN HE WAS ..... IN 1967, "THE COLONEL'S COUP" OVERTHREW THE MONARCHY IN THIS...
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Robespierre overthrown in France - Jul 27, 1794 - HISTORY.com  He took a radical, democratic stance and was known as the Incorruptible for his ... On July 27, 1793, Robespierre was elected to the Committee of Public Safety, which ... the Revolutionary government inaugurated the Reign of Terror in September. ... In 1799, the Directory was overthrown in a military coup led by Napoleon...
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Augusto Pinochet - Wikipedia  His rule of Chile was a dictatorship. Pinochet assumed power in Chile following a United States-backed coup d'tat on 11 September 1973 that overthrew the democratically elected socialist Unidad Popular government of President Salvador Allende and ended civilian rule.
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Antonio Salazar de Oliveira of Portugal and his Estado Novo  His parents owned land and had sufficient resources to send Antonio to school and ... coup d'etat and the leaders of the coup offerred Antonio Salazar the finance ministry. ... Two years later, in 1928, the leader of the government asked Salazar to ... Salazar continued to rule Portugal through the next three and half decades.
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1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis - Wikipedia  The 1992 Fujimori's Auto-Coup, also known as the Autogolpe of 1992, was a constitutional crisis that occurred in Peru in 1992, after President Alberto Fujimori dissolved the Congress of Peru as well as the judiciary of Peru and assumed full legislative and judicial powers. ... He was not in the country at the time of the coup, and he was not informed...