The conservative parties in Spain and Brazil could show the G.O.P. a thing or two about how to deal with wannabe authoritarians.
Tag: Coups D’Etat and Attempted Coups D’Etat
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Lynn Lynn’s Journey From Rocker to Dissecting Myanmar’s Coup in Film
Lynn Lynn was a musical idol when he volunteered in 2015 to protect the life of Myanmar’s new civilian leader. Forced to flee after 2021’s coup, he has reinvented himself as a film director.
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Music Videos Promote Niger’s Military After a Coup
Music videos praising the military have proliferated since generals seized power, highlighting the army’s longstanding importance in Niger and popular dissatisfaction with civilian rule.
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Gabon’s Leader, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Was More Admired Abroad Than at Home
Hailed as a climate visionary, Gabon’s president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was once welcomed to Buckingham Palace but was blindsided by this week’s coup.
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Chile Searches for Its Disappeared, 50 Years After Coup
President Gabriel Boric is announcing a new national search plan ahead of the 50th anniversary of the coup that toppled the government and led to the disappearance and killing of thousands.