Word: coups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Anker and the other signatories said they hope the terms of Clinton's September 18 negotiations with Haiti will be toughened. Under the present agreement, coup leader Raoul Cedras and his officials will resign on October 15, possibly with amnesty granted by the Haitian parliament...
...Russian aid pledge to $1 billion. Other notable deals: U.S. intelligence agencies will now help their counterparts in Russia in tracking down plutonium smugglers, and Clinton managed to convince the burly Russian leader to turn down any future arm-sales contracts with Iran. That final deal was a notable coup, says TIME State Department correspondent J.F.O. McAllister...
...middle of the night, Aristide must be thinking most about the challenges he will face. The country he goes back to rule will be changed in difficult and unpredictable ways. The man who goes back to take charge is not the same one who fled the September 1991 coup d'etat under the protective wing of the U.S. ambassador. "The presidency and exile have been a lesson for me," he told TIME recently. "I learned that I am a leader, but also a statesman with grave responsibilities. It is easier to be a leader than a negotiator. It is easier...
...junta's friends pose a graver problem. They fear that Aristide's supporters, if not Aristide himself, will seek revenge for abuses and killings committed during the three years since the coup. There is a long tradition of vengeance when power shifts. When Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier fell in 1986, crowds surged through Port-au-Prince seeking out members of the Tontons Macoutes and beating them to death. But Aristide's followers are just as afraid that weapons left in the hands of the military and its gangs of thugs will continue to be trained on them...
...Liberian Coup Attempt Fails...