Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last February, Ramos joined with Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile to throw the weight of the armed forces behind Presidential Candidate Aquino; that dramatic endorsement helped topple former President Ferdinand Marcos. As coup rumors swirled on the eve of President Aquino's trip to Japan last month, Ramos curtailed restive officers by warning them that any rebellious action would be "bloody and destabilizing." Early last week he acted again, this time averting an apparent coup attempt by preventing Enrile and rebel officers from bypassing the chain of command. By birth and training, Ramos, 58, is a Manila insider...
...advisers. As recently as John F. Kennedy's Administration, the NSC was a relatively small operation, with about a dozen employees. The duties of the agency, which now has a full-time staff of about 60, mushroomed under Henry Kissinger, who served Richard Nixon. Kissinger's best-remembered coup was his secret 1971 mission to Peking, which led to the establishment of U.S.-Chinese diplomatic relations...
...helped precipitate the revolt of Enrile and Ramos against the Marcos regime last February; more recently it had become dissatisfied with the way Aquino was running the country. When officers of the movement did not show up at the Nov. 22 meeting, Ramos feared that a coup was under way. He immediately summoned the chiefs of the armed services and dispatched troops to defend the palace, the Assembly building and strategic TV and radio installations. That evening, one RAM officer reportedly called Ramos and urged him to join the revolt. When the Chief of Staff refused, the officer is said...
While all accounts agreed that Kim was dead, explanations of how he met his demise varied wildly. In some versions, Kim was shot by mutinous army officers, who then fled to China. Others said the North Korean leader had been killed in a coup staged aboard a train, which happens to be Kim's favorite form of transportation. Most claimed that power had passed to Kim's son, Kim Jong Il, who indeed is his father's designated heir. One loudspeaker announcement and some other versions of the story had it that aging North Korean Defense Minister...
...beside a Manila highway. His party, a coalition of left-leaning groups, is regarded by many as a stand-in for the banned Communist Party. Before Olalia's murder, the People's Party had promised to take to the streets in a "people's uprising" if anyone attempted a coup...