Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evidence of trouble grows. As this is being written, we hear that the army has been mobilized by General Fidel Ramos to resist a coup attempt by military forces loyal to Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile. Should the army, led by Enrile and his security chief Colonel Gregorio Honasan, assume power, then the attempts at reconciliation for which Aquino stands will be abandoned for an all-out military confrontation with the left. Should the military backing Aquino predominate, she will have a renewed chance to pursue her vision, but with the army's power considerably enhanced...
Although there were no political upheavals during her absence, some observers had wondered before her departure whether Aquino would return as President. During recent weeks the Philippines has been rife with talk of rebellion, and the perfect time for a military coup seemed to be when she was away...
...lengthy. Two weeks ago a plot was uncovered that would have stripped Aquino of her power while retaining her as a political figurehead. Even though it hardly seemed the time for the President to leave the country, Aquino apparently concluded that canceling the trip would only give credence to coup rumors...
...sentiments of his officers, who they believe support Enrile. "Ramos is loyal to his commander in chief -- and that should be interpreted to mean whoever that may be," said a Defense Ministry aide. Aquino, who met briefly with Enrile at week's end, brushed aside the prospects of a coup, though she put the military on full alert. "I'm confident that there will not be a coup," she said...
...South African Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha charged that documents recovered from the crash indicated that Machel and officials in Zimbabwe had plotted the overthrow of Malawi's Hastings Banda, President of the only black African state that maintains full diplomatic relations with Pretoria. In the event of a coup, warned Botha, the "whole of southern Africa would pay a heavy price...