Word: asb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...traditionally turbulent Bolivia, where there has never been an untainted election, the results of yet another crooked one led last week to a sudden coup. Juan Pereda Asbún, 47, an air force general, led his right-wing military followers in seizing key buildings in the city of Santa Cruz. Reason: an electoral court had thrown out the results of the July 9 presidential balloting, the country's first election since 1966, which had established Pereda as the apparent winner. Bolivia's military leaders, headed by General Hugo Bánzer Suárez, 52, declared...