Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...barbed wire and nail-studded planks failed to prevent the mass gathering. Meanwhile, about 35 miles north of Lisbon, angry mobs sacked the offices and burned the files of the Communist Party in both Lourinhà and Cadaval. At week's end, amid rumors of an impending coup, the country's military leaders sought to defuse the volatile situation; its Revolutionary Council placed troops on alert and lectured representatives of the warring Socialist and Communist parties that their continued split furthered the "reactionary" cause...
...midsummer sun outside the blackened ruins of the presidential palace in Nicosia. Greek Cypriots-old women in black, stalwart white-haired peasants, city people of all classes and ages-had gathered to hear their President, Archbishop Makarios. With theatrical gestures and a tone of moral outrage, he denounced the coup attempt by Greek extremists that a year ago had led directly to the Turkish occupation of almost half of the island and the shattering of the then quiescent Mediterranean tourist paradise...
Many among the 20,000 people who heard Makarios speak last week were relatives of the 6,500 Greek Cypriots killed or missing during the coup and the subsequent Turkish invasion. They came expecting to hear Makarios denounce the now defunct Greek military junta and its allies in the Cypriot EOKA-B terrorist underground, whose reckless attempt to seize power had led to the island's division. They were not disappointed. "This is an ill-omened day and a mournful anniversary," said Makarios in his nasal twang. "When on the morning of that day the putschists struck...
...fiery denunciation of the junta and the EOKA-B may have provided emotional satisfaction for the Greek Cypriots. But he disappointed some of his audience by referring only obliquely to the sad facts of Cyprus' current condition, over which he has little control. One year after the coup attempt, there is virtually no prospect for a quick settlement of the Cyprus question-certainly none that would enable the 200,000 Greek-Cypriot refugees to return to their homes in the Turkish-held sector, which they fled during last year's war. Addressing a special session of the Cyprus...
...Turks have been second-class citizens. But under the rule of Archbishop Makarios, a reasonable if at times precarious modus vivendi had been achieved, and an independent Cyprus was prospering. Then a year ago, the junta of Greek colonels who governed Athens and whom the U.S. supported fomented a coup on Cyprus. It was led by 650 Greek military officers commanding the 10,000-man Cypriot national guard. The Turks, suspecting that the intent was to make Cyprus part of Greece and further suppress the island's Turkish minority, attacked and occupied Cyprus, uprooting 200,000 Greek Cypriots...