Word: insurrectionism
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The final act of Estrada's tenure bore a striking resemblance to the "People's Power" revolution that had toppled the erstwhile dictator Ferdinand Marcos some 15 years earlier, but it was also different in many respects. The cast of characters was the same in many respects, with the likes...
Don't expect to see many of those who cheered Laurent Kabila's march to power mourning over his assassination. Because the diminutive guerrilla leader, who assumed the presidency of the Congo only four years ago as the Rwandan army led an insurrection that swept aside the four-decade dictatorship...
Fox has tried to reopen dialogue with the rebels and their enigmatic leader, Subcommander Marcos. Though Marcos has been only cautiously optimistic, Fox appears ready to take the steps necessary to earn the confidence of the rebels and turn their insurrection into a peaceful democratic movement. Fox portrayed himself during...
DIED. SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE, 84, the first woman elected to lead a nation; in Sri Lanka. Bandaranaike, who first became Sri Lankan Prime Minister 40 years ago, served two more separate terms during her turbulent and somewhat patchy political career, resigning from her last post in August. She may have been...
The Egyptian adventure deteriorated. The people of Cairo rose in general insurrection. Napoleon bombarded al-Azhar, the city's largest mosque, then sacked it and allowed his troops to run amok, killing men, women and children in the streets. The bloom was off the liberation. Napoleon sought glory northward, marching...