Word: coups
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dutch possessions is the most pressing part of the problem of Hemisphere defense. The U. S. alone has the strength to deal with it now. But eventually a larger, more remote spot in the Hemisphere may have to be defended -if not from direct invasion, from a political coup which would put friends of Germany in power-and the U. S. alone cannot deal with that. Last week the military and naval establishments of Latin America, as well as of the U. S., were undergoing examination preparatory to large-scale renovation...
...year-old Candidate Alfaro. Minister to the U. S. from 1922 to 1936-except for a two-year hitch in domestic politics-Career Man Alfaro has served on several Pan-American committees, has picked up decorations from Peru, Venezuela, France. As President pro tem after Rebel Arias' coup, he balanced the budget, turned the National Bank deficit into a credit. With the support of the Leftist Liberals he set out to crack the N. R. P., which has dominated Panama's politics since...
...subdue it by persuasion. He was sure that overwhelming opinion favored him rather than the Germans. General Spears took the idea to the Prime Minister; and Winston Churchill, the author of Gallipoli, approved-even ordered a supporting British force. If De Gaulle succeeded, the adventure would be a spectacular coup; if he failed-well, nothing risked, nothing gained...
...keener feeling for the popular mood than Franklin Roosevelt. His dramatic destroyer-bases deal was received with cheers that drowned out criticism of the secret and questionable method by which it was carried out. Last week signs were not lacking that once again the President might be planning a coup to be justified later by expediency...
With bland disregard for Latin protocol, Nazi Karl Arnold sneaked out of Argentina one day last month, deported himself to Uruguay before he could be officially ousted for his part in an abortive Nazi coup (TIME, Aug. 26). Indignantly Argentina insisted that he be returned and deported properly: receive the expulsion order in person, remain in jail until formally escorted out of the country...