Sentences with phrase «coup leaders in»

The majority of the Venezuelan media notoriously conspired with the coup leaders in their failed 2002 attempt to oust Chavez from power.

The self - designated coup leaders in 2010 showed as little aptitude for conspiracy as their predecessors did in 2009.

Not exact matches

And Vos was pushed out by a coup of sorts when a group of employees, led by a trio of managers hired in the earlier era, went to the leader of X, Astro Teller, and made their case against Vos.

Turkish authorities have detained or dismissed more than 125,000 people - including soldiers, academics, judges, journalists and Kurdish leaders - over their alleged backing for the coup, in what opponents, rights groups and some Western allies say is an attempt to crush all dissent.

There, following a military coup in June 2009, dozens of farmer leaders have been assassinated by private and state security forces, as they have tried to resist being evicted from their lands by companies in charge of a rapidly expanding palm oil monoculture.

Also, even though this alliance forces Smith to let bygones be bygones with a guy who once reportedly tried to oust him from his majority leader post (that would be Sen. Jeff Klein back in 2008 when the leadership struggle No. 1 took place), it could hardly be any worse than being the deposed former majority leader of the Democratic conference where he's pretty much just a back bencher since losing his power in the 2009 coup.

Fury over being treated like second - class citizens after spending so many years doing just that to the Democrats was in part what spurred the GOP to mount last summer's Senate coup with the help of two turncoats: Now - Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and ex-Sen.

He lived through 12 years as the loyal opposition to GOP Gov. George Pataki and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, foiled a coup attempt by former Assemblyman Mike Bragman in 2000, weathered Gov. Eliot «the steamroller» Spitzer and now has managed to get along with hard - charging Gov. Andrew Cuomo, largely by giving him pretty much everything he wants from a policy perspective (even things the Dems were never expected to go along with, like Tier VI and the property tax cap).

Golisano played a role in the Senate coup last year, saying his efforts were due in part to the fact that then - Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith has disrespected him by BlackBerrying during a meeting.

As deputy majority leader, Libous was the leader of the GOP conference's floor operations, including the infamous 2009 coup in which two Democratic lawmakers switched to the Republican side, stalling any activity in the chamber for a month.

Notwithstanding the formidable talents of Lord Mandelson, whose experience of stopping coups has already come in handy, the most obvious way to turn Labour's fortunes around is a change of leader - after all, Gordon Brown had a notable honeymoon, even though he was not polling well before taking over the top job.

Of course, we all knew it was John Sampson, who was elevated to the post of conference leader during the coup, was actually in charge.

Jacobs also laced into GOP Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, for participating in last summer's Senate coup.

A year ago, after state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx took part in a Senate «coup» attempt by aligning himself with the minority Republicans, Democrats wooed him back by giving him the title of Senate majority leader.

(2) They make it more likely that a coup will happen still (again, have to agree with John Rentoul) and a new leader will try some semblance of making a clean break from Brown & Blair (there's no other way) in order to make the electorate listen, very briefly, to why people should vote Labour.

Flanagan already lost the majority and he's going to be out as leader, either by the Dems cleaning his conference's clock in November or through a coup.

According to a WNY source, Swanick, a Democrat - turned - Republican - turned - Democrat, also has a connection to former Erie County Democratic Chairman Steve Pigeon, who played a key role in the 2009 Senate coup and also worked for former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr..

Samuels, who announced his long - shot LG bid back in April, plans to un-announce this afternoon at a rally being held outside Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s Mamaroneck home in mock celebration of the Senate coup's one - year anniversary.

In 2006, the MP was said to have instigated the so - called «curry house coup» to remove Tony Blair as Labour leader and install Gordon Brown in his placIn 2006, the MP was said to have instigated the so - called «curry house coup» to remove Tony Blair as Labour leader and install Gordon Brown in his placin his place.

I like the idea of a coup; it has drama and adventure attached to it, and the British public love drama and adventure, and if properly choreographed and played out right, could see Labour winning the next election by a walkoverPeople like decisive Leaders not afraid to step in to save the Party they love.

That pact guaranteed hundreds of thousands of dollars in staff to now - indicted coup leader Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. (D - Bronx) and allowed lame - duck Senate leader Malcolm Smith (D - Queens) to keep most of his top aides on the public payroll.

If you don't like the leader you get, wait a few years and then participate in your country's semi-annual coup d' etat that we westerners call an «election».

In 1980, when I was a student at the Acherensua Senior High School, there were attempts by some chiefs and opinion leaders from Ahafo to get the Dr Hilla Limann government to create the Ahafo area as a separate region out of the Brong Ahafo Region but the move fizzled out after the December 31,1981 coup that toppled the People's National Party (PNP) government.

Their brief two years in power in the chamber included a leadership coup, and corruption allegations that would eventually lead to convictions of three of the Democrats» top leaders.

Adom - Otchere recounted how the leaders of the coup sparked a lot of enthusiasm in a lot of the younger army officers at the time.

If the Barrons and Narcisse can successfully mount a coup against Persaud, the only seats left in Seddio's grasp will be Persaud's old Assembly post, Maisel's spot in the Council and a handful of judgeships and district leader positions.

That followed eleven members of the Shadow Cabinet resigning yesterday after Mr Corbyn sacked Hilary Benn in the early hours of Sunday morning, amid claims he was leading a coup against the leader.

Prior to his ascendance to the conference leader post in the wake of the coup and subsequent 31 - day Senate stalemate last summer, Sampson was not known for his prodigious fundraising efforts.

Senate Democrats had turned to Sampson at the conclusion of the fractious leadership coup in 2009 as a unifying figure, installing him as their defacto conference leader.

Paterson also gave a shout - out to Smith, who lost his majority leader post in the coup, saying the Queens Democrat, who succeeded Paterson in the Senate minority leader post in 2006, doesn't get sufficient credit for showing leadership by denying a member item to Espada, even though that made him angry enough to join the the GOP.

A little creative splicing of video from that fateful day reveals Padavan standing and applauding after the coup took place and then later standing with Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos and Espada after Espada was sworn in to his leadership role.

Paterson suggested that would have sparked a battle much like the one that ended up taking place several months later when now - former Sen. Hiram Monserrate and soon - to - be-former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. abandoned the Democrats and joined forces with the GOP in the infamous coup.

Harry Perkins, A Very British Coup (TV) Working class leader of the Labour Party and MP for Sheffield Central, Perkins is electedp rime minister in March 1989.

«You can hate the Fulani, you can call them all sort of names, you can blackmail their spineless political leaders, you can conspire to wipe out the entire Fulani leadership in a single day, you can stage a coup and «orkarize» (excise) the core Fulani states from Nigeria, you can hate them to he'll, but you can never beat them.

A bold plan to launch a «coup» against embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver through a coalition of Democrats and Republicans has been rejected by Assembly GOP leader Brian Kolb — who many lawmakers insist is actually in league with Silver, The Post has learned.

«The trade unions have always been the anchor that has kept the Labour ship steady in stormy seas and what I'm saying is that because this coup has failed, the trade unions can broker a peace with Jeremy as our leader and the genuine concerns of the PLP.

There was also support from shadow home secretary Andy Burnham who said he had no intention of taking part in a coup against the Labour leader

He rose to the position after Smith, in his partial term as majority leader, lost power during a time of a Republican - led coup.

Don't forget maziarz played a huge role in the state senate coup that elevated Pedro Espada to Majority leader.

«In Africa, the era of military coups seems to be fading into distant memory with the upsurge of democratically - elected leaders,» he...

The team in the leader's office doesn't feel obliged to fight by Queensberrry rules after the chaotic, incompetent coup attempt in Westminster to topple their man.

Aboubakar Sidiki Diakite, also known as Toumba Diakite, was an aide de camp to Guinean coup leader Dadis Camara when 157 people were killed in September 2009 at an opposition rally.

Smith served briefly as the powerful state Senate majority leader before getting ousted in a coup in 2009.

Will she avoid the inevitable second wave of blood letting following their famous coup against their Council leader only weeks after a tremendous election victory in 2006?

Former Democratic Majority Leader Malcolm Smith of Queens, who lost power in the wake of the Senate coup of 2009 — a scheme organized in part by Skelos — was convicted last year of trying to bribe his way to the 2013 Republican nomination for New York City mayor.

Monserrate was evicted from his post by his Senate colleagues, and his 2009 coup conspirator, ex-Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., was defeated in a 2010 primary by Sen. Gustavo Rivera.

Conversely, as former Assembly majority leader Michael Bragman discovered in 2000 when his coup attempt disintegrated, to challenge Silver is to invite career disaster.

Equally how decisive he was in his failed coup and how that will translate to decisiveness as leader.

The leaders of the Queens Republican Party dropped their legal bid to oust the borough's GOP Board of Elections Commissioner Michael Michel, who was installed in a political coup earlier this year.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, swears in his close friend, Republican Sen. Dean Skelos, as majority leader, and Democratic Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. as temporary Senate president during the Republican coup in the Senate on June 8, 2009.