Word: overthrows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kattke, 38, a self-described anti-Communist and American patriot, had befriended a band of Grenadian exiles plotting to overthrow the leftist regime of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. Seeking help in planning a coup, Kattke called on retired Army Colonel George Morton, an employee of the Vinnell Corp. in Washington, which for years has supplied military special training to Saudi Arabia. According to Kattke, Morton turned him over to Gadd, who was then working for Vinnell. But Kattke's coup plans were aborted when the Prime Minister was killed by his rivals in the government. When North began planning...
...gesture," presumably to smooth the way to the establishment of diplomatic relations with the U.S. That is a difficult goal, given the presence of 35,000 Cuban troops in Angola and the $15 million in military aid the U.S. provides to UNITA, a pro-Western rebel group trying to overthrow Angola's Marxist government...
...effort. But Trump sold his stake in the airline for a reported profit of $55 million. In the meantime, the little-known Coniston Partners had been quietly amassing shares, and suddenly emerged as Allegis' largest shareholder. Brandishing a 13% stake in the firm, the partnership announced its intentions to overthrow the Allegis board, name its own slate of directors and sell off the company piece by piece...
...point, about 2500 protesters, yelling "Overthrow the military dictatorship" and "Drive out U.S. imperialism supporting dictatorship" burned U.S. flags and scribbled anti-American slogans on city buses...
...Hawke of Australia conferred by phone, then condemned the coup. Hawke called the events a "tragedy," and said he hoped that "parliamentary democracy can be restored." Both men were expected to exert diplomatic pressure on the regime. However, each ruled out military intervention. Washington, too, expressed concern at the overthrow of Bavadra...