coup d'etat
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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup d'etat, underwent successful surgery on Thursday to repair an inguinal hernia, his wife said.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
In the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, there has been a civil war going on since a military coup d’etat in 2021.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2023
Pereira's lawyer, Sebastiao Coelho da Silva, denied there had been an attempted coup d'etat and questioned the severity of the damage.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2023
His importance as a figurehead had only increased during a time of instability and uncertainty, with the country under military rule following the coup d'etat of 1964.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2022
On the morning following the "coup d'etat" a report reached the State House that a company of colored men, commanded by Gen. King White, from Pine Bluff, had arrived and was quartered on Rock Street.
From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Booker T. Washington
Most Americans don’t fear a military coup d’état, because they are confident that the armed forces’ loyalties lie with the Constitution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
“A coup d’état does not result from isolated acts or individual demonstrations lacking coordination, but rather from the actions of organized groups, equipped with resources and strategic capacity to confront and replace the incumbent power.”
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
“In time of coup d’état and autocracy in Africa, this election is an opportunity to reinforce a unique democracy in central Africa,” said Fred Bauma, executive director of Congolese research institute Ebuteli.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Canada will suspend direct development assistance to the government of Niger in response to the attempted coup d’état in the West African nation, the federal government said on Saturday.
From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2023
The Seize-Mai has sometimes been likened to an abortive coup d'état.
From A History of the Third French Republic by C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad) Wright
