Word: coups
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Civil strife racked the nation. Between 1921 and 1929 three spectacular attempts were made on the King's life. In 1924 the country had 200 political assassinations. Then, in 1934, Boris approved a military coup that suppressed the constitution, dissolved the Sobranye, abolished political parties. A year later he installed himself as dictator, began to play power politics...
President Arroyo del Rio was taking no chances. Three times within the last eight years Ibarra had been involved in revolutionary uprisings. Once in 1940, when Arroyo del Rio was winning the elections, Ibarra staged a coup which almost succeeded. In 1935 the Army toppled Velasco on charges of dictatorship, but this did not hurt the ex-President's popularity with many Ecuadorians. Last week a group of sailors in the Island of Puna staged a revolt in his name which was put down by force of arms...
...alliance of Italian Fascism with Hitlerite Germany proved fatal for Italy. But it is just this alliance which will for some time yet support the tottering edifice of Italian Fascism. This is so because German troops are on the territory of Italy. . . . Nothing resembling a democratic, anti-Fascist coup d'état has taken place in Italy...
...clock, the President had fled his residence for the safety of the Drummond, where he stayed until the excitement was over. By 3 o'clock the machine guns at the Casa Rosada had disappeared; two hours later General Rawson spoke from its balcony to the people, explained the coup as a "defense revolution...
...city awoke to the tremendous news of Castillo's overthrow, the high hopes of a pro-United Nations middle class and workers' population blazed into action. None knew yet what the coup meant, but many believed that a democratic revolution was at hand. Axis and pro-Axis newspaper buildings were stoned. Extemporaneous speeches were made on street corners and from atop coffee tables. Fourteen busses and streetcars were damaged and leaking gasoline set afire. The cry "Viva la Democracia" echoed through the streets. A checkup found 40 killed...