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Mali's Struggle: Not Simply of Their Own Making

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Africa, Tuareg, Mali, Failed State, Libya, Nonviolent Action, Democracy, Coup, Mali Coup, Amadou Sanogo, World News
Stephen Zunes

Despite formally handing over power on April 12, however, the junta continued to arrest opponents and still wields considerable influence. Scattered fighting between rival armed forces erupted in the capital last week.

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What We Can Learn From Africa's Response to Mali

Richard Attias | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Ecowas, Ivory Coast, Coup, Mali, Dr. Jean Ping, Alassane Ouattara, Al Qaeda, Mali Coup, World News
Richard Attias

Leadership is back in Africa. Perhaps for the first time in the continent's history, an official body, the economic community of west African states has succeeded in ending a coup in a nearby nation. That's something to celebrate.

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Coup Fears In Guinea-Bissau

AP | LAMINE DJATA and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Mali, Guinea Bissau Coup, Guinea Bissau, Guina Bissau Military, Africa Coup, Bissau, Coup, World News

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Explosions blasted through the capital of the small, coup-prone nation of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday as the military seal...

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Mali Coup Leader Dismisses Fear Of Countercoup

AP | MARTIN VOGL and MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Amadou Toumani Toure, Mali, Mali Toure, Mali Soldiers, Video, Mali Government, Mali Countercoup, Mali Army, Mali Mutiny, Mali Coup, Amadou Sanogo, Toure, Coup, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali's U.S.-trained coup leader said Saturday he is in control of the country, has no fears of a countercoup and wants peace talk...

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U.S. Government Still Not Ready for Democracy in Haiti

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Fanmi Lavalas, Democracy, Aristide, Coup, Haiti, Jean Bertrand Aristide, US Government, Patrick Joseph, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

The U.S. government has spent millions and possibly tens of millions of dollars trying to railroad Haiti's former president. On behalf of U.S. taxpayers, we could use a Congressional inquiry into this abuse of our tax dollars.

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Salvador Allende Has Words for Barack Obama From the Other Side of Death

Ariel Dorfman | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Communicating With the Dead, Voices of the Dead, Revolutionary Coup, Coup, Salvador Allende, Barack Obama, Advice for Obama, Politics News
Ariel Dorfman

For the last decade, I have been haunted by voices from the other side of death. Salvador Allende came to me offering advice for Barack Obama. It seemed, at first glance, a strange connection.

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Europeans and Americans Should Freely Urge Turkey to Respect Free Speech

Marietje Schaake | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Mohammed Cartoon, Turkey, Terrorism, Imam's Army, European Union, Erdogan, Ergenekon, Turkish, Coup, Censorship, Journalism, Dissidents, Freedom of Press, World News
Marietje Schaake

The debate on fundamental freedoms in Turkey intensified after the recent arrests of journalists following a court order that criminalizes the possession of a yet unpublished book.

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Revolutionary Thoughts

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, People Power, Al Qaeda, White House, Fifth Fleet, President Obama, Cia, Obama, American, Iraq, Media, Uprising, America, North Africa, Iran, West Western, Military, Middle East, Revolution, Protest, US, Navy, Transfer of Power, Tunisia, Terrorism, Yemen, Joe Biden, Bahrain, Barack Obama, Election, Protesters, Tourism, Revolutionary, Chris Weigant, Banking, Hillary Clinton, Bloodbath, Coup, Tunisami, World News
Chris Weigant

Don't expect an outcome equal to the (mostly) peaceful overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt in every single country now affected by this "people power" movement. There are major differences from country to country.

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Cairo, the Pole Star of Arab Cultural Consciousness

Rizwan A. Rahmani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Nasser, Cairo, Arab World Protests, Arab, Revolution, Nile Pharaoh, Hosni Mubarak, Fox, Giza, Coup, King Farooq, World News
Rizwan A. Rahmani

All Arab eyes are watching Cairo. But this time, with Al Jazeera present internationally, not only current Arab residents, but ex-patriots Arabs and t...

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Ecuador's Coup That Wasn't

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecuador, Chavez, Alba, Cfr, Rafael Correa, Honduras Coup, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Quito, Coup, Unasur, World News
Joel D. Hirst

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was rescued last night from the Police Hospital in Quito after being held for over twelve hours by several hundred officers from the national police force.

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A Failure of Coverage: Ecuadorian Coup

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ap, Cnn, The Guardian UK, The Associated Press, Bbc, Ecuador, Associated Press, Fox News, Huffington Post, Coup, Ecuadorian Coup, Rueters, World News
Tom Murphy

UPDATE OCT 1 10:23 EST - The BBC reports that President Correa said there would be "a deep cleansing of the national police", and that he would "not ...

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British Petroleum, by Any Other Name, Would Smell as Foul

John DeCock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: End Oil, Bp, Corporate Compensation, Water, Clean Water, Oil, Iran, Gulf Oil Spill, Corporate Greed, Coup, Oil Companies, Green News
John DeCock

We need to end our unrestrained use of oil. Not just foreign oil, not just offshore drilling. All oil. This is not a pipe dream, it is entirely achievable. It takes the proper allocation of priorities and resources to make it happen.

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A Year After the Coup: U.S. Honduras Policy Failing the Honduran People

Sarah Stephens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Posner, Honduras, Micheletti, U.S.Foreign Policy, Secretary of State, Coup, Lobo, Llorens, World News
Sarah Stephens

As we mark the first anniversary of the coup which toppled the democratically elected president Mel Zelaya from office, Honduras's public institutions remain deeply politicized and, in many instances, corrupt.

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No Repeat of Kyrgyzstan in Arab states

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Yemen, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, Democracy, Hamas, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Arabs, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Walid Jumblatt, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Iraq, Coup, Kuwait, Syria, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Recent events in Kyrgyzstan demonstrat how seemingly entrenched regimes can, in fact, be on the cusp of a coup d'état. Arabs have followed the events in Kyrgyzstan with wonder.

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Did a White Sheriff and District Attorney Orchestrate a Race-Based Coup in a Northern Louisiana Town?

Jordan Flaherty | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coup, Louisiana, Jena, White Supremacy, Jena 6, Black Politicians, Civil Rights, Systemic Racism, Assassination, Waterproof, Tensas, Home News
Jordan Flaherty

In Waterproof, Louisiana, the African American mayor and police chief assert that they have been forced from office and arrested as part of an illegal coup carried out by an alliance of white politicians.

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Thaksin Shinawatra, Ex-Thai Prime Minister, Has $1.4 Billion Seized By Court

AP | GRANT PECK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thai Court, Money Seized, Prime Minister Thaksin, Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, Thaksin, Coup, Bangkok, World News

BANGKOK — Thailand's highest court ruled Friday that ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra abused his power to enrich himself and his family while in...

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British Coup Attempt: Gordon Brown Survives, But Faces Call For General Election

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, David Miliband, Coup, Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown Coup, British Coup, British Prime Minister, British General Election, David Cameron, Brown Coup, World News

Gordon Brown faced fresh demands for an immediate general election today after he survived a backbench coup but received only lukewarm statements of s...

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The Little Coup that Couldn't

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy, Honduras, Human Rights, Latin America, Coup, State Department, Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Hillary Clinton, Tom Shannon, World News
Laura Carlsen

If the agreement brokered this week holds, Honduran society will have turned the ugly precedent of a modern-day military coup d'etat into an example of the strength of nonviolent grassroots resistance.

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Desperate Honduran Leaders Vow To Restore Freedoms

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalists, Lawmakers, Honduras Coup, Zelaya, Micheletti, Latin America, Tegucigalpa, Radio, Protests, Update, Brazil, Press Rights, San Pedro Soula, Coup, Television, Civil Liberties, Military, Honduras, World News

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed president of Honduras backed down Monday from an escalating standoff with protesters and suggested he...

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Honduras Allows Relief, But Military Digs In

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honduras, Zelaya, Micheletti, Coup, Central America, Revolution, Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

Today's curfew lift will reveal much. If the majority of the country remains quiet and orderly there might be a mellowing of the situation. If clashes erupt, the crisis will spiral.

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Clinton, Act to Avoid a Massacre in Honduras

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Oas, Human Rights, Coup, Manuel Zelaya, World News
Laura Carlsen

Clinton continues to make statements divorced from the current dire reality in Honduras. Today the reality is that the Armed Forces under the coup regime are carrying out not just a "provocation" but a brutal attack on protesters.

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Gunfire, Tear Gas in Honduran Capital

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zelaya, Honduras, Central America, Coup, Tegucigalpa, Revolution, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

Gunfire, the smell of burning tires, and tear gas woke me up Tuesday morning. Tegucigalpa's Palmira neighborhood erupted into violence at around 5 AM.

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Chávez's Revolution Will Not Be Criticized

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Otto Gebauer, Francisco Uson, Robert Amsterdam, Brian Nelson, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, The Silence and the Scorpion, Freedom of Speech, Eligio Cedeño, Raul Baduel, Carlos Ortega, Caracas, Coup, April 11, Pedro Carmona, 11a, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Brian A. Nelson's new book The Silence and the Scorpion is a must read for anyone seeking to get an unbiased and comprehensive account of the two most controversial days of the Chávez presidency.

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Despite Obama in Ghana, a Bad Month for African Democracy

Todd Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy, Clinton, Todd Moss, Governance, Africa, Center for Global Development, State Department, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritania, Congo Crisis, Congo Violence, Congo, Presidency, Voting Problems, Obama Ghana Trip, Hillary Clinton Africa, Obama Ghana Speech, Africa-Democracy, African-Development, Gabon, Ghana Obama, Niger, Coup, World News
Todd Moss

In Mauritania the vote was so obviously suspicious that the electoral chief resigned and the opposition rejected the results.

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The Urgency of Restoring Democracy to Honduras -- and What You Can Do to Help*

Dan Kovalik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Coup, Zelaya, Honduras, World, Latin America, Manuel Zelaya, Honduran Coup, Honduras Coup, Disappeared, World News
Dan Kovalik

I just returned from a trip to Honduras where the ousted President, Manual Zelaya, has great support among the poor, the unions and the indigenous groups of Honduras.

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