Word: putschist
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...Fujimoro may have a repeat of 1968 in mind--pull a putsch, but don't behave like a putschist. Such progressive authoritarianism is sort of like smoking a joint but not inhaling. Bad idea. Fujimoro's best bet against Sendero is U.S. support (if Bush were wise, he'd think about debt relief instead of just throwing aid dollars into Peru), and Peruvian popular support...
That in no way excuses Johnson, but it does give a more nuanced understanding than Stone's crude sketch of Johnson as a pro-war putschist...
King Juan Carlos of Spain, who rescued Spanish democracy from the putschist generals and civil guards who stormed the Spanish parliament last February...
...Petty Putschist. Confronted with the immensity of Castro's mismanagement, the Communists are showing themselves less tolerant of Castro's eccentric...
Cuba's old-line Reds have always held a patronizing view of Castro. When he first began his guerrilla fight, the Communists dismissed him as inconsequential; Rodríguez himself laughed off Castro as a "petty putschist." But when it seemed that Castro might win. Rodríguez was sent into the hills to join the rebels...