Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Stroessner reportedly was on the verge of moving Rodriguez to a purely ceremonial position. Rodriguez, who has headed the largest of Paraguay's three army corps since 1961, did not give him the opportunity. Stroessner's health and a brewing struggle over his successor may also have triggered the coup: the seemingly indestructible dictator underwent prostate surgery five months ago and has since shown signs of deterioration...
...dinosaur among despots, Stroessner ruled with absolute authority longer than any other leader in the Western hemisphere and was second only to North Korea's Kim Il Sung as the world's most durable dictator. After sweeping to power in a military coup in 1954, Stroessner nominated himself President, then engineered his pro forma re-election seven times. Despite sporadic challenges to his rule, the patriarch faced no serious opposition. Unlike many countries in the Americas, landlocked Paraguay has no tradition of democracy...
Stroessner had been under house arrest near the capital since he was captured early Friday after a night of fighting. The death toll from the coup has been estimated at up to 300, but no official figures have been given...
...mockery of American intentions before, and they could do so again. The emergence of Pol Pot's ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge was partly a result of misguided American policy 20 years ago. Richard Nixon's secret bombing of Kampuchea in 1969 and the CIA's support for a coup by a feckless military junta the following spring contributed to the chaos in which the Khmer Rouge thrived. In 1975 Pol Pot seized power and unleashed a holocaust...
Trailing the right-wing ARENA party in the latest polls, Duarte's Christian Democrats could win time for a comeback if the elections are delayed. But Duarte came under strong pressure from ARENA, which threatened to challenge any postponement in the courts and could conceivably launch a coup if concessions are made to the F.M.L.N...