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The accumulation of previous coups is a strong predictor of future coups, [11] [12] a phenomenon called the coup trap. [13] [14] A 2014 study of 18 Latin American countries found that the establishment of open political competition helps bring countries out of the coup trap and reduces cycles of political instability. [14]
The coup was quickly crushed by Vice President Mohamed al-Baghir Ahmed. The coup leader, Brigadier Hassan Hussein Osman, court martialled and executed. [71] Coup of 25 November 1975:A coup attempt led by far-left military units failed, putting an end to PREC. The current Portuguese Constitution would be approved and come into force five months ...
2013–2014 Thai political crisis and subsequent military coup oust Thai elected government, replaced by the National Council for Peace and Order. [86] 2014–2015 Yemeni coup d'état: 21 September 2014 – 6 February 2015: Coup Yemen: Houthis: President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi: Coup resulted in Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) [87]
This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow a country's government. Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least seven days. [1]
A constitutional coup occurs when a person or group seizes political power in a way consistent with their country's constitution, as opposed to a traditional violent coup d'état, often by exploiting loopholes or ambiguities in said constitution. [1] Supporters of constitutional coups exploit their political power to semi-legally seize more. [2]
In the United States, Foreign Policy magazine, [45] the Associated Press, [344] political scientists Sidney Tarrow [345] and Benjamin Engel, [346] and coup historians Joe Wright and John J. Chin [347] described the events as an attempted self-coup. The subsequent impeachment motion in the National Assembly also described Yoon's actions as a ...
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military, which then vested power in a military junta.
Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.