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Japan is not unaccustomed to drama, but transforming catharsis is still a rarity. In the past three years and three months, the country has witnessed the fall of a virtual dictatorship--a party that had held sway for 38 uninterrupted years--and endured a succession of Prime Ministers that was practically Italian in its instability. The economy, once the envy of the world, has only now begun to emerge from four years of stagnation. Yet despite all appearances of revolution, the regime remains the same in the eyes of most Japanese. The nation is ruled not by the parliament...
...this would have been a doomed effort. And I didn't even want to try to sneak into the military dictatorship otherwise known as Annenberg Hall. So I just tried to survive any way I could...
...remains in the U.S. ambassador's home and maintains that he is still the leader of Burundi. Ironically, Buyoya was responsible for Burundi's first free elections in 1993. At the same time, he has a history of interfering with the presidencies of others. (After helping overthrow a military dictatorship in 1987, he has now participated in two coups.) The head of the largest Hutu political party called on members to reject Buyoya's "return by the barrel of the gun" and appealed to the international community to restore democracy. But the Clinton Administration has drawn the line at logistical...
...Nations both rejected any Burundian government put in place by force. "A coup d'?tat will not solve any of Burundi's problems and is only likely to intensify violence on all sides," said U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. "The Tutsis are now prepared to enforce a military dictatorship," says TIME's Bruce Nelan. "That is the probably the only way they can stay in power, since Tutsis make up about 12 percent of the population. The situation is extremely unstable, and raises the possibility of Tutsi retribution, a Hutu uprising and civil war." -->