Word: revolt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush's hope is that by seducing the right he can pre-empt a conservative revolt that would complicate his re-election. "You just don't want them stirring up trouble," admits a senior Administration official. "If you can keep them happy now, then you're saving yourself a lot of headaches...
...questions about the Administration's ability to respond to a crisis. In the three days leading up to and during the coup, the U.S. was hobbled by a breakdown of communications, a distressing lack of reliable intelligence and an obvious dearth of contingency plans should the call for a revolt against Noriega finally be answered...
...communique also said 10 rebels, including nine officers, died in the shooting Tuesday. It said the dead included Maj. Moises Giroldi Vega, commander of the Urraca company, which was blamed for the revolt. The unit is in charge of security at defense headquarters...
...Justice Department statement declared an 8 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew and said the news media could report only official statements on the revolt...
Rodriguez, in his midafternoon address, did not accuse the United States of complicity in the revolt but said Washington had undermined his nation with "financial terrorism, economic blackmail and political interference...