Sentence examples for avoid coups from inspiring English sources

Colonel Qaddafi kept most of his forces weak to avoid coups.

Dahan's film centres on the former Grace Kelly's vital role in helping to avoid a coup in 1962, when Monaco and France were in dispute.

Grace of Monaco reportedly centres on a period in 1962 when the principality and France were in dispute, with Grace playing a vital role in helping to avoid a coup.

American officials today defended their role in pressing Panama to give refuge to the ousted intelligence chief of Peru, asserting that his departure was necessary to avoid a coup by officers loyal to him.

For all the generals' efforts to insist they have no interest in politics and avoid the word "coup," this was a coup.

This despair may constitute the prime minister's best hope of avoiding a coup.

Twice in the past two years Paraguay has avoided a coup thanks only to pressure from its neighbours and the United States.

A12 U.S. Defends Action in Peru American officials defended their role in pressuring Panama to give refuge to Valdimiro Montesinos, Peru's ousted intelligence chief, asserting that his departure was necessary to avoid a military coup.

Mr. Tsvangirai has assured Mr. Mugabe and the men in charge of the military and the police that they will not face criminal charges, a step that the opposition felt was necessary to avoid a possible coup.

Mr. Aleman acknowledged that the decision to admit Mr. Montesinos was made only after United States officials and numerous Latin American presidents had called Ms. Moscoso to warn her that it was the only way to avoid a bloody coup in Peru.

In August, more than three hundred demonstrators calling themselves the Congress — and, later (to avoid the acronym "couP"), the Alliance — of Unrepresented Peoples staged a sit-in on the steps of the Capitol in a protest that combined the causes of peace and civil rights.