Sentence examples for violent coup from inspiring English sources

He claims it was necessary to prevent a violent coup.

The Dwyers land, jetlagged and hungry, in the middle of a violent coup.

In none of the documents supposedly confiscated from opposition groups are there details of a possible violent coup.

On December 15th after surviving a violent coup, Noriega sought to gain increased dictatorial powers from the legislature whose members were placed there by him.

Haftar's critics claim he is bent on a violent coup, and will install a military dictatorship if successful.

Chile elected its first Socialist president since Salvador Allende was overthrown in a violent coup in 1973.

In 1997, a violent coup drove most investors and aid agencies away from Phnom Penh, but not the garment factories.

Chile will now have its first Socialist president since Salvador Allende was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet's violent coup in 1973.

A year ago, Turks voted in a referendum to abolish legal protections for generals involved in the violent coup of 1980.

In a violent coup in July 1997 Hun Sen deposed Prince Ranariddh, who had made overtures to remnants of the Khmer Rouge, and appointed a replacement.

Two Harvard professors of government show how democracies have collapsed elsewhere — not just through violent coups, but more commonly (and insidiously) through a gradual slide into authoritarianism..