Word: juntas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...weakling, vehemently denied that his country was turning Communist. The U.S., said El Kuwatly, "should leave us alone." But El Kuwatly's own attempt to keep a check on the rise of the pro-Soviet wing had obviously failed. During the past few weeks a xenophobic junta of left-wing army officers and political schemers have quietly seized effective control of Syria...
...torn by political splits that grew to open warfare and cost 100,000 lives, Colombia last week faced the future with cautious optimism. After two weeks of talks, an eight-man commission, half from the Liberal Party and half from the Conservative, presented to an approving five-man military junta a 22-page document spelling out an agreement designed to give each party an equal share in political power for the next twelve years. The military, in turn, promised that it will step out next year. Next step: a plebiscite to confirm the agreement...
When the selectors had finished, the opposition to 15 Cabinet officers running had vanished. So had the opponents of nine junta officers, including Nasser's chief political adviser, Wing Commander Ali Sabri. In one case, 22 candidates had to be struck off to guarantee the unopposed election of a favored candidate. In an effort to woo support from the middle class that Nasser has estranged, a handful of businessmen and bankers were encouraged by judicious sabotage of their rivals. In five constituencies all candidates were declared unsatisfactory...
...Force'' political movement, were the first serious whacks at the strongman's prestige. During the brief spate of violence the churches sheltered rebels, and when it was all over jubilant monks streamed out making victory signs to the cheering crowds. Luque has since warned the military junta that replaced Rojas that it must turn over power in free elections or lose church support...
...army struck. General Kebreau's troops invaded the palace, forced Fignole to sign a letter of resignation, later whisked him to Miami on an air force plane. Next morning Kebreau went on the air and announced Haiti's seventh government in six months: a three-man military junta, headed by himself, to rule-as usual-until "fair and free elections" could be held...