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Coup attempts continue in Venezuela - World Socialist Web Site  An attempt by a ring of 14 high-ranking Venezuelan officers to spark a military rebellion against the government of President Hugo Chavez appeared to have fizzled Thursday when army units failed to respond ... 28 October 2002 ... The country is among Latin America's most polarized and the sharp recession that is gripping...
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Hugo Chvez - Wikipedia  Hugo Rafael Chvez Fras was a Venezuelan politician who served as the 64th President of Venezuela...
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Hugo Chavez: timeline - Telegraph  Mar 5, 2013 ... Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has died aged 58. ... Chavez leads botched coup against President Carlos Andres Perez. ... It eliminates Senate, changes country's name to Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and ... April 11, 2002 - Gunfire erupts as protesters demanding president's resignation march...
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1992 Venezuelan coup d'tat attempts - Wikipedia  The Venezuelan coup attempts of 1992 were attempts to seize control of the government of Venezuela by the Hugo Chvez-led Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200. The first coup attempt took place on February 4, 1992, and was led by Chvez. A second coup attempt on November 27, 1992, took place while Chvez was ... The coups were directed against President Carlos Andrs Prez and...
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2002 Venezuelan coup d'tat attempt - Wikipedia  The Venezuelan coup d'tat attempt of 2002 was a failed coup d'tat on 11 April 2002, that saw President Hugo Chvez, .... Chvez used a strategy of polarization in Venezuela, a them against us situation, in order to single .... Everything is set for the military to let the president know he can't push this country to spill blood.
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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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Military dictatorship of Chile (197390) - Wikipedia  The dictatorship was established after the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown by a CIA-backed coup d'tat on 11 September 1973. The dictatorship was headed by a military junta presided by General Augusto Pinochet.
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Allende dies in coup - Sep 11, 1973 - HISTORY.com  Chile's armed forces stage a coup d'tat against the government of President Salvador ... that read: It is firm and continuing policy that Allende be overthrown by a coup. ... A few days later, a bungled coup by a group of Chilean military officers ... In the aftermath of the coup, General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, commander in...
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Riding the Tiger: A Century of Dictators  In 1979 after Somoza's ...  Dec 4, 2015 ... In 1979 after Somoza's fall Nicaragua's National guard, still loyal to the ... Standing 64' and weighing 280 lbs. at the height of his political power in 1974, ... He joined the King's African Rifles as a young man, advancing from auxiliary ... A failed incursion by rebels the following year fed Big Daddy's paranoia...
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1991 Soviet coup d'tat attempt - Wikipedia  The 1991 Soviet coup d'tat attempt, also known as the August Putsch or August Coup was an attempt by members of the Soviet Union's government to take control of the country from Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. The coup leaders were hard-line members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) .... Yanayev signed the decree naming himself as acting USSR president on the...
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Spain's Political Theater - JStor  mentary rule shaken by an abortive coup d'etat (February, 1981) led by Colonel ... Spain's political theater spans two periods: 1949-1975 (the Franco. Era) and .... of time . . . years pass . . . without anything changing . . . always seeking resources ... us." Obliquely, he is posing the question to his fellow Spaniards: Should.
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Chavez Calls Bush 'The Devil' in UN Address, Predicts Fall of 'U.S. ...  Sep 21, 2006 ... At the United Nations, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ... President Hugo Chavez, speaking at the UN General Assembly, September 20, 2006. ... at the lectern where President Bush had delivered his speech the day before. .... At the same time, he is trying for a UN Security seat, which the vote is in...
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Coup of 18-19 Brumaire | French history [1799] | Britannica.com  Coup of 1819 Brumaire, (November 910, 1799), coup d'tat that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the...
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Polity IV Country Report 2010: Central African Republic  Jun 1, 2011 ... President Franois Boziz (no party); seized power in a coup on 15 ... party rule but was deposed in 1966 by his cousin, Jean-Bedel Bokossa. ... 1981 by the army chief of staff, General Andre Kolingba. ... Following the 2003 coup, Bozize dissolved the government, the national assembly, the constitution and...
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Allende dies in coup - Sep 11, 1973 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Allende dies in coup on Sep 11, 1973. ... Chile's armed forces stage a coup d'tat against the government of President Salvador Allende, the first democratically elected Marxist leader in Latin America. ... U.S.-owned industries in Chile, and Nixon did not want another Fidel Castro coming to power in an...
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Hugo Chvez - President (non-U.S.) - Biography.com  Oct 22, 2014 ... He significantly leveraged his country's oil resources to form connections. ... Hugo Chvez served as president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death ... which stirred controversy and led to protests, strained relations with the...
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jeopardy/1613_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  In July 1985 a coup in Uganda booted out this Idi Amin rival whose regime was known for its human rights abuses | Milton Obote. right: Wrong: Triple Stumper.
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Simon Bolivar | Venezuelan soldier and statesman | Britannica.com  Jul 21, 2016 ... He was president of Gran Colombia (181930) and dictator of Peru... ... The young bride died of yellow fever less than a year after their ... In his later days he always insisted that the title of liberator was .... Boves subjected Creole patriots to terrible atrocities, and his capture of Caracas and other principal...
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2002 Venezuelan coup d'tat attempt - Wikipedia  The Venezuelan coup d'tat attempt of 2002 was a failed coup d'tat on 11 April 2002, that saw ... In Caracas, Chavez supporters seized television stations and demanded Chavez's .... In early 2002, there were also increasing signs of discontent in the military; .... Pedro Soto "building support...in the armed forces" for a coup.
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1973 Chilean coup d'tat - Wikipedia  Although CIA did not instigate the coup that ended Allende's government on 11 September 1973, it was aware of coup-plotting by the military, had ongoing...
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Russia marks 25 years since failed Soviet coup | World News | US ...  Aug 19, 2016 ... ... of whom turned up to oppose a hard-line Soviet coup in August 1991, ... On Aug. 19, 1991, eight hard-line Communist leaders seized power ... and is widely regarded as a triumph of democracy and civil liberties in ... "Now every time I come here I call my friends and ask: 'Are they ... Divided We Stand...