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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gains are often fragile. The Philippines ousted its dictator Ferdinand Marcos in February 1986, the same month that Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier was forced into exile from Haiti, ending the dynasty that his father "Papa Doc" established in 1957. Since then the government of President Corazon Aquino has weathered four coup attempts. In theory, Panama is governed by a constitutionally elected President, but President Eric Arturo Delvalle discovered otherwise last February when he tried to fire General Manuel Noriega and found himself ousted instead. Next month Chileans will have an opportunity to vote in a national plebiscite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coups Armies Rampant | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...ritual of Haitian politics, what was happening was a dechoukage, a "rooting out" of Duvalierists. The military and civilian mutinies appear to have been provoked by the barbarism of an attack on worshipers at a Port- au-Prince church, St. Jean Bosco, three Sundays ago. The attack, which left 13 dead and 77 injured, was staged by the Tonton Macoutes, the vicious thugs who terrorized Haiti under the Duvaliers. Under Lieut. General Henri Namphy, leader of the just ousted regime, and particularly Port-au-Prince mayor Franck Romain, the Macoutes have enjoyed a comeback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coups Armies Rampant | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...house last week, Romain sought refuge inside the embassy of the Dominican Republic. Others were not so lucky. Some Macoutes were stoned to death. Several who participated in the murder last year of former presidential candidate Yves Volel were seized by an enraged crowd, dragged to the St. Jean Bosco Church, savagely beaten, then set on fire. At least twelve Macoutes last week fell victim to the selective new dechoukage. Bowing to pressures from the junior officers, Haiti's new, self- declared President, Brigadier General Prosper Avril, replaced all the top military commanders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coups Armies Rampant | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...extraordinary purge reflected the discontent that has seethed within the lower echelons of the armed forces since the 1986 ouster of dictator Jean- Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier. Two weeks ago, the unrest exploded when noncommissioned officers toppled Lieut. General Henri Namphy as Haiti's leader and installed Lieut. General Prosper Avril as President. The coup grew out of grievances that ranged from bad food to military tolerance of the murder of civilians by thugs and members of the Tonton Macoutes, the secret police who terrorized Haitians during the 28-year dynasty begun by Duvalier's father Francois ("Papa Doc") Duvalier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Siege of The Sergeants | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

...year-old medic in the Presidential Guard, began plotting to remove him. Namphy learned of the coup through a defector and planned to arrest about 75 guardsmen. But on Saturday, Sept. 17, two tanks and some 650 troops surrounded the National Palace. Desperate, Namphy called for help from Colonel Jean-Claude Paul, who commands Haiti's main military barracks. Paul hurried to the scene but without mustering his men. When Namphy finally grabbed a megaphone and tried to persuade the rebellious troops to leave, they responded with M-60 machine-gun fire. Namphy then surrendered and was flown to exile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Siege of The Sergeants | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

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