Sentences with phrase «military coup led»

The democratically elected government of Chile had been overthrown in the bloody military coup led by the late unlamented Augusto Pinochet on 11 September 1973.

The aim was to witness the expected show trial of former ministers of the democratically elected Allende government which had been overthrown in a bloody military coup led by Augusto Pinochet in September 1973.

Coinciding with radical and political cultural shifts in the country, notably the 1952 military coup led by Fulgenico Batista, this decade marked Cuba's rising nationalist sentiments and rapid urbanisation.

The decade was marked by widespread turmoil and corruption following the 1952 military coup led by Fulgencio Batista.

In February 1966, while on a state visit to North Vietnam and China, his government was overthrown in a military coup led by Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka and the National Liberation Council.

Not exact matches

There are also awkward gaps in the history it archives, such as the dearth of footage documenting one of the largest massacres of civilian protesters in modern world history — the infamous assault on a Muslim Brotherhood — led sit - in shortly after the military coup of 2013, which killed more than 800 civilians.

This questioning led to a reaction, which preceded but was later emboldened by the military coup of 1964, and consisted of internal repression, manipulation of the electoral system, and isolation from international Presbyterian networks.

Captain Koda is notorious for leading the torturing and maiming of civilians during the AFRC / PNDC military government and was instrumental in the military Coup d'état in the late 1970s that ousted the then civilian government of Dr. Hilla Limann.

The military again sided with protestors, leading a coup d'état against Morsi and suspending the Islamist constitution.

Revolution has led to counter-revolution and military coups.

Exactly 50 years ago today, Ghana's founding President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown in a joint military and police led coup d'etat.

Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and his government was subsequently overthrown by a GAF military operation codenamed «Operation Cold Chop» coup while Nkrumah was abroad with Zhou Enlai in the People's Republic of China for a fruitless mission to Hanoi in Vietnam to help end the Vietnam War on 24 February 1966 by GAF led by Col. Emmanuel K. Kotoka.

It would be recalled that shortly after independence, the leadership of Nigeria was accused of corruption before the first Military Coup in 1966 that eventually led to the military antic of taking over government from the ciMilitary Coup in 1966 that eventually led to the military antic of taking over government from the cimilitary antic of taking over government from the civilians.

Dr. Kofi Abrefah Busia who was elected in the 1969 elections was also ousted from power in 1972 by an I.K Acheampong led military junta which also suffered in a palace coup in 1978 led by FWK Akuffo.

The Abuja meeting follows days of mediation efforts led by ECOWAS after a military coup by the Burkinabe Presidential Guards.

The debate as to whether portraying horrific acts, specifically torture, is classed as endorsing it has somehow taken wind and become the lead talking point (especially odd since surely nobody would suggest Argo endorses military coups, or that Django Unchained endorses violent revenge, no matter how racist the person may be), and it has distracted many from discussing the film on any other level.

Forty - one years ago this month, a violent military coup in Chile led by Army Commander - in - Chief Augusto Pinochet overthrew Salvador Allende's democratically - elected government.

That was the year when the People's Party led by Pridi Banomyong and the military faction under Phibun Songkhram staged a coup that changed the face of Thai politics for years to come.

Her solo presentation at Galerie Barbara Thumm takes a close look at those beginnings with a showing of Burga's Pop art from 1965 to» 68, the years leading up to Peru's military coup.

While the country's longstanding former President Robert Mugabe was being ousted through a military - led coup, Chiurai was exhibiting his politically - driven work, which combines art historical imagery with references from popular culture and archival material to explore the visual language and tropes that help construct myths, history, and ultimately power.Under the continued curation of Candice Allison, «Madness and Civilization» re-stages this exhibition alongside new works and research that highlights Chiurai's creative projects over the past two years.

While the country's longstanding former President Robert Mugabe was being ousted through a military - led coup, Chiurai was exhibiting his politically - driven work, which combines art historical imagery with references from popular culture and archival material to explore the visual language and tropes that help construct myths, history, and ultimately power.

Or, do you think the death squads in Honduras, the CIA coup against Allende leading to the Pinochet regime in Chile, the military dictatorship in Argentina, the CIA orchestrated Contra attacks against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua after they overthrew the Samoza dictatorship, etc, are examples of proper governance?

A military coup in 2009, led by graduates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas, has resulted in explosive growth in megaprojects that are disruptive to Indigenous people.