Word: coupe
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...arrest of the drug boss and his 14 bodyguards was no small coup. The baby-faced Lehder, 37, is a leader of the Medellin cartel, a powerful crime cabal that is said to supply 80% of the world's cocaine. The group rakes in billions of dollars annually, allegedly smuggling up to 15 tons of cocaine monthly into the U.S. and Europe. Aware that underlings might try to rescue their billionaire boss, U.S. and Colombian officials hastily drew up papers to extradite Lehder to the U.S. Before the sun had set, he was en route to Florida, where he will...
...Macoutes, President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier's brutal secret police, have not resurfaced, contrary to widespread rumors that they were regrouping in the Dominican Republic. The shaky rule of the National Council of Government continues under the uninspired leadership of Lieut. General Henri Namphy, but the oft-predicted coup has not materialized. One year after Duvalier and his family fled to exile in France, Haiti continues to limp toward democracy...
Aquino's overwhelming victory was all the more remarkable because it followed several weeks of political unrest. On Jan. 22 a violent clash between soldiers and pro-land-reform demonstrators left at least a dozen dead. A week later, a tense three-day coup attempt ended when rebel soldiers surrendered. The President's margin of victory forced even her most bitter opponents to concede that it represented the popular will. "We accept the verdict of the Filipino people," said former Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, who led the rightist opposition under the banner of the Nationalista Party. He added...
...President Corazon Aquino's enormous personal popularity. The margin of victory--a three-to-one vote in favor of the new constitution proposed by Aquino--surprised many foreign observers and restored international confidence in the staying power of her government. Indeed, placed alongside the quick defeat of yet another coup attempt, the February 2nd vote seems to confirm the unassailable nature of the current regime...
...Soviet leader offers a stunning catalog of troubles that face his country. He calls for new policies, but makes clear that nothing that would change the Communist Party' s role or power will be allowed. -- The U. S. bars travel to Lebanon, and Terry Waite vanishes. -- A bungled coup tests President Aquino as Filipinos prepare to vote on a constitution...