Word: junta
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Rawlings' overthrow of the military junta headed by Lieut. General Frederick Akuffo, who came to power by toppling General Ignatius Acheampong last year, was unusual in two respects. First of all, it was Rawlings' second try in only a month; until being sprung by air force compatriots, he had been locked up in an Accra prison while being court-martialed for his role in plotting an abortive coup in May. Second, the overthrow of Akuffo's regime came only two weeks before elections that were supposed to restore civilian government to Ghana after 13 years of almost...
...suggests that the CIA could stop it. White House Aide Robin Warren is ordered by the President to see what the CIA can do. It, of course, suggests a coup. Frankling gets drunk on his yacht and tells Warren to give the CIA a green light. Alas, the Uruguayan junta learns of the caper. In the international uproar, the President denies ever knowing of such a scheme. Poor Warren then pulls a John Dean. He tells the world that Frankling is lying. Why take on the President? "I was afraid of getting caught in the lies . . . No high-mindedness...
Quito's junta mil bow out, but wants "extremes" avoided...
Roldós' victory reflected weariness with the junta, which had run into difficulty controlling corruption, inflation, budget deficits and Ecuador's foreign debt. With Washington's approval, the junta consulted with every political faction in drawing up a new constitution that will become effective on Aug. 10. One major change: literacy will be abolished as a requirement for voting, which will add as many as 1 million peasants to the electorate...
Despite the junta's apparent willingness to support a constitutional government, some of its members harbor lingering reservations. The junta says it seeks a "dialogue" with Roldós, and wants him to "clarify his political philosophy" before he takes office in August. The idea, explains Rear Admiral Victor Hugo Garcés, the Interior Minister, is to help the new President "not to go to any extremes." If the dialogue does not satisfy the generals, Ecuador's return to democracy could prove turbulent...