Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been unable to control (see following story). White argued that the junta had crushed the guerrillas' "final offensive" in January "without one cartridge coming from the U.S." The military aid, he said, would fall into the hands of the death squads and possibly embolden rightists to stage a coup, oust the junta and set up a regime of bloody repression...
...believed him. A Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reported in 1975 that Korry had played a major role in the aborted coup; the New York Times, Washington Post and other publications repeated the charge in numerous subsequent stories.* Kerry's eight-year diplomatic career was ruined, and not until 1979 did he land his present job as visiting professor of international relations at Connecticut College...
That Chun, who seized power in a coup last year, was Reagan's first ruling foreign visitor was no accident. The President wanted to show that violations of human rights, such as Chun's imprisonment of his former political rival, Kim Dae Jung, will no longer have a decisive impact on relations between the U.S. and an ally that stands as a bulwark against Communist expansion. Explained a senior State Department official: "It is not the purpose of this Administration to look into the internal affairs of Korea...
...show no signs of improvement by next year. Labor M.P. Phillip Whitehead cites a British political rule of thumb: "The Labor Party always talks about getting rid of its leaders, but never does. The Tory Party never talks about getting rid of theirs?but does it." How could a coup against a leader with a 43-seat majority be brought off? One senior minister sketches a simple scenario: "If, after another year to 15 months, there are no signs of an upturn in the economy and a reduction in unemployment, I would expect a Cabinet consensus to force a change...
...pressing for more control over enforcement of party policy at the grass roots. When they wrested the privilege of selecting the party's leader and potential Prune Minister from the parliamentary party, many militants predicted their power play would one day be regarded as a kind of coup de grace against the moderates...