Word: coupes
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Gaddafi came to power in 1969. Then a captain in the Libyan army, he staged a bloodless coup against the country's effete, Westward-leaning monarch, King Idris. Shortly after the coup, Gaddafi proclaimed the principles of his governmental policy, which included the elimination of all foreign bases (including the American-run Wheelus Air Base near Tripoli), neutrality in foreign policy and national unity in a country that until then had been sharply divided along provincial and tribal lines. A year later, Gaddafi announced that not only had these objectives been met but that the minimum wage had been doubled...
...army commander-in-chief General Leopoldo Fortunate Galtieri, does not take office armed with much confidence from his fellow Argentines, who are deeply cynical about the ability of the generals to govern. Galtieri will be the third military ruler, after Jorge Rafael Videla and Viola, since the 1976 coup that overthrew the government of Isabelita Perón and resulted in a bloody campaign to rid the country of leftist terrorists. The down-to-earth Galtieri, 55, is said to be well-liked in Washington and is expected to move swiftly to restore economic order to Argentina. But his stewardship...
...conducting polls on what kind of turnout can be expected when voters cast their ballots for delegates to a constituent assembly on March 28. He is hoping for 60% of the country's estimated 1 million to 1.5 million eligible voters. "This government is the product of a coup d'état, "he explains. "In order to go back to legality, we must have a new constitution...
...feels if we don't have the support, we go." But that position poses grave risks, both for Duarte and the U.S., if his Christian Democratic Party loses the election. Some observers, in fact, fear that the election could turn out to be a "slow-motion right-wing coup" that would give a stamp of legitimacy to the extreme right rather than the Christian Democrats...
...incident offered a fascinating glimpse into the world of the modern mercenary. The men who bungled the Seychelles coup are the new breed of Hoare's legendary Wild Geese*: would-be soldiers of fortune, usually of right-wing persuasion, who fought for pay in Mozambique or Angola and staged coup attempts in the Camores or Dominica. Most of those involved in the Seychelles operation probably did not know who backed the job. They were simply paid $1,000 each to oust a leftist regime, and promised a further $10,000 if the coup succeeded. But they failed. "They were...