Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Nimeiri was ousted in a bloodless coup last year by his Defense Minister, Abdul Rahman Suwar al Dahab, it seemed peace might be restored. But before long, the fighting resumed. In May the first national election since 1968 brought to power Sadiq el Mahdi, leader of the moderate Muslim Umma Party. Making peace his top priority, the Oxford-educated Sadiq lost no time in arranging a meeting in Ethiopia with Garang, who holds a doctorate in agricultural economics from Iowa State. Yet the two leaders could not concur on terms for a cease-fire. Last week Sadiq agreed...
...winning support in the U.S. Congress, which is considering the Reagan Administration's $4.02 billion aid package for Islamabad. Meanwhile, Benazir Bhutto's efforts to force the government's hand may spark more bloodshed, possibly creating the same type of social unrest that led to Zia's military coup...
...telephone identified himself as Tom Denley and said he was recruiting a force of mercenaries to stage a coup in Suriname, a tiny (pop. 400,000) South American country that was formerly Dutch Guiana. Each man, Denley said, would be paid $500 a week during the operation, plus a $1 million bonus if the coup succeeded. Unbeknown to Denley, the man on the other end of the line was an FBI agent...
Some suspicious citizens think their government has more in mind than the interdiction of drug manufacturing. "We keep hearing that there might be another coup," Victor Casasola, 53, whispers conspiratorially from behind the counter of his dress shop. "I think the government called in the gringo troops to protect itself from a military coup...
...article told of a group of men charged with attempting a coup against a left-wing "strongman's" government in the small South American country of Surinam--a nation most people don't know exists. The article stated that "All 13 were charged with violations of the Neutrality Act, which bars Americans from involvement in attempts to overthrow other governments...