"Mark Thatcher provided financing for a coup d'etat in Equatorial Guinea and then he organised all the transport for the coup d'etat, " Mr Obono told the Associated Press.

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In the early 1990s, tens of thousands more Haitians migrated to the United States after the coup d'etat deposing President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

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President Bill Clinton, who had restored the Aristide presidency after a coup d'etat, tolerated the abuses.

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He has published a memoir under the title My First Coup d'Etat, in which he describes his time growing up in post-independence Ghana, including his father's imprisonment during the coup that overthrew independence leader Kwame Nkrumah.

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Supporters called the proceedings against Lugo an attempted coup d'etat, a charged term that raises fears of political or social unrest in the land-locked South American nation of 6.5 million.

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Some Latin American presidents have called it a coup d'etat and refused to recognize the new president.

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Participants partake in a mock coup d'etat that culminates with one of the world's largest food fights when everyone takes to the streets with flour and eggs.

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General Raul Isaias Baduel turned events around in Venezuela when he publicly denounced the December 2, 2007 Referendum on Constitutional Reform as an attempt by Chavez to carry a coup d'etat and perpetuate himself in power.

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