Word: coups
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...Bhutto Deal Goes Bust In shutting down private TV channels and detaining opposition political leaders and protesting lawyers, the dictatorial President Pervez Musharraf has purged the basic human rights of a civilized society [Nov. 26]. His bloodless coup that overthrew Nawaz Sharif's government in 1999 was welcomed by many citizens, but now the general has lost support. There is dissatisfaction among the masses because of Musharraf's actions, especially his ouster of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. In desperately trying to hold on to power, Musharraf is making a joke of democracy. Democracy is not about installing a puppet...
...didn’t get the votes last night, but he announced that he was not abandoning his plan—and his plan is the creation of this totalitarian state.” Since coming to power, Chavez, who vaulted into the public eye by leading a military coup against the government in 1992, has used the country’s oil wealth to fund relief programs for the poor. In the process, he has centralized power in his own hands, shutting down political opposition and some media outlets. Polls prior to the referendum hinted that a slight majority...
...bloc that Latin America's political left could depend on. Chavez also couldn't withstand the defections within his own bloc, including socialist state Governors and, perhaps most important, his erstwhile pal and former Defense Minister, Raul Baduel, who earlier this month called Chavez's amendments a "constitutional coup d'etat." The attempt by Chavez and his backers to demonize figures like Baduel - labeling them "traitors" - backfired, especially since Baduel had helped put Chavez back in power after a botched opposition coup attempt against...
...this debacle did not sufficiently shame the UC’s negotiating skills, the Petersen-Sundquist administration reserved the coup de grâce for a larger audience. Standing opposite an audience of students, faculty, and alumni on that soggy October day, Petersen delivered a shameful harangue, condescending to University President Drew G. Faust upon her installation and demanding that the “denial of student citizenship” end immediately...
...virtual rubber stamps; and, while free speech admittedly is still intact in Venezuela, he has increasingly defined opposition to his ideological agenda as counter-revolutionary treason. When Chvez pal and former Defense Minister General Ral Baduel - who helped put Chvez back in power after a failed coup attempt in 2002 - complained this month that the amendment package being voted on Dec. 2, including a proposal to eliminate presidential term limits, constituted a constitutional "coup d'etat," he was immediately branded a traitor...