Word: sukarno
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...number of suspected Communists and pro-Sukarno officers were arrested or dismissed. This was generally interpreted as reflecting Suharto's increasing strength, which enabled him to take action on opposition elements he had been aware of, rather than the discovery of a new conspiracy...
...present government in Indonesia came to power in 1966 by means of a bloody anti-Communist coup which overthrew Sukarno's rule. An estimated 500,000 Communists and suspected Communist sympathizers were executed in the aftermath of the takeover...
...suggestion of a corps of economic advisors-most of whom received academic training in the United States-the government also reversed Sukarno's anti-foreign economic stand and re-opened the country to investment from abroad...
Papanek said in defense of present Indonesian policy that reversal of Sukarno's extravagant monument-building program-in combination with a resumption of large-scale American aid-has brought about significant economic improvement...
Five years ago, Indonesian students joined forces with the army in an effective coalition, which eventually overthrew the country's founder and longtime President Sukarno, largely on charges of corruption and mismanagement. Now Indonesia's students are once again on the march against corruption. This time the target is their former military allies...