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"Good Tsar, bad Boyars" (Russian: Царь хороший, бояре плохие, romanized: Tsar khoroshiy, boyarie plokhiye), sometimes also known as Naïve Monarchism, is a Russian political phenomenon in which positive actions taken by the Russian government are viewed as being the result of the leader of Russia, while negative actions taken by the government are viewed as being caused ...
The modern Middle East has seen a number of occasions in which the assassination of high-level government and military figures was attempted, or at least considered. Such instances include United States decapitation strike air raids targeting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1986 and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 1991, 1998, and 2003, in addition to killings or attempted killings of non-state ...
Caamaño was one of the leaders in the movement to restore the democratically elected president Juan Bosch, who had been overthrown in a military coup d'état in September, 1963. He briefly became President before being removed by an invasion launched by the United States, who were fearing another Communist state in the Caribbean
President Reagan reported that U.S. ships had been fired upon or struck mines or taken other military action on September 21 , October 8, and October 19, 1987, and April 18 (Operation Praying Mantis), July 3, and July 14, 1988. The United States gradually reduced its forces after a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq on August 20, 1988.
The participation of the United States in regime change in Latin America involved US-backed coup d'états which were aimed at replacing left-wing leaders with right-wing leaders, military juntas, or authoritarian regimes. [1] Intervention of an economic and military variety was prevalent during the Cold War.
Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take a "direct action" using general strikes and economic shut down to demand a separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India.
On January 20, 2025, newly-reinaugurated President Donald Trump signed the Executive Order 14148, titled Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions, rescinding 78 of Biden's executive orders and presidential memoranda.
Recognizing Positive Actions by the Government of Sudan and Providing for the Revocation of Certain Sudan-Related Sanctions January 13, 2017 January 18, 2017 January 13, 2017 82 FR 5331 2017-01197 [539] [540] 274 13762: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice January 13, 2017 January 19, 2017 January 13, 2017 82 FR 7619