Tag: coup
Israel supports African strongmen for normalization, endorses military coup in Sudan, may have played a role in it
[Tikun Olam] “Today, Sudan’s military junta overthrew the democratic transitional government and arrested key civilian leaders, including the prime minister. It has…
Finally revealed: Australia assisted CIA coup in ‘Chile’s 9/11’ that installed Pinochet’s murderous military junta
[Michael West Media] “On the eve of its 48th anniversary, documents just declassified by the Australian National Archives show the…
Myanmar: Rebel Karen commanders admit killing 25 people, agree to cooperate with international justice, while over 1,000 killed by security forces since military coup
[Al Jazeera, AP News] “Two senior commanders of the Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) have admitted that security forces under…
Bolivia: Officials of the 2019 coup government plotted a second coup in 2020 using U.S. mercenaries to block MAS from returning to power
[The Intercept] “A TOP OFFICIAL in the outgoing Bolivian government plotted to deploy hundreds of mercenaries from the United States to…
History of CIA coups, assassinations, false flag operations and mass murder
[CovertAction Magazine] “Vijay Prashad’s new book Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations, details how manufactured foreign threats…
Claim: Jordanian ex-Crown Prince accused of coup attempt was offered escape by Mossad agent
[Tikun Olam] “An Israeli Mossad asset aided Jordan’s ex-crown prince, Hamzah bin Hussein, in a plot to overthrow King Abdullah. Roy…
Myanmar’s truce is over as ethnic armies unite against coup, restart attacks
[REUTERS] “More than 500 people have been killed by the military across Myanmar in protests against the coup, according to…
Eight countries attended Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day parade while military killed over 100 protesters
[REUTERS] “Myanmar security forces killed 114 people, including some children, in a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Saturday, the…
China blames NGOs, urges Myanmar to punish perpetrators as Chinese factories burn
[Global Times] “The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar Sunday urged authorities in Myanmar to take effective measures to stop violence and…
Bolivia: HRW against blanket amnesty for political prisoners jailed by Áñez regime, avoids calling it ‘coup’
[Human Rights Watch] “A presidential decree approved by Bolivia’s Congress in February 2021 opens the door to impunity for serious crimes,…
Clandestine nightly flights between China and Myanmar during coup d’etat
[news.com.au, The Strategist] “Every night for more than a week, unregistered planes have been carrying unknown goods and people between…
Little reason to doubt China’s claim of no prior knowledge of Myanmar Coup
[The Diplomat] “The Chinese government was caught unawares by the military coup in Myanmar, Chen Hai, China’s ambassador to Myanmar,…
Myanmar junta deploy night-time arrests, mobs, ex-convicts to instil fear
[Financial Times] “Myanmar’s military junta has escalated night-time arrests of opponents, reviving a tactic from the country’s old military regime…
Myanmar ethnic armed groups divided about military coup
[Myanmar Times] “The seven major ethnic armed groups that have yet to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have kept…
The UK’s covert activities in Latin America in the 1960s revealed
[BBC] “British intelligence engaged in a far more active programme of covert activity in Latin America in the 1960s than…
Human Rights Watch’s support for a U.S.-backed right-wing coup in Bolivia
[MintPress News] “Bolivia is currently in turmoil after President Evo Morales was deposed in a U.S.-supported coup d’état on November 10….
Bolivia Is the Latest Successful US-Backed Coup in Latin America
[MintPress News] “On October 20, Morales had secured enough votes to win the election outright in the first round without…
Robert Parry: Neo-Nazis and the Nuland-engineered regime change in Ukraine
[Consortium News] “As the Ukrainian army squares off against ultra-right and neo-Nazi militias in the west and violence against ethnic…
American PR crew invited by Egypt arrested within hours amid crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood sympathisers before referendum
[The Economist] “With [Egypt’s] residents politically polarised between a minority that supports the Muslim Brotherhood and a majority that backs…
Israel approved military coup in Egypt, defends Al-Sisi even after Rabaa massacre that killed over a thousand protesters
[The North Africa Post, The Times of Israel] “Roni Daniel, an Israeli military analyst, told Israeli TV channel 2 that…
The bizarre life of Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, Evo Morales’ would-be assassin killed by police in Bolivia
[TIME] “Journalist-turned-Croatian independence fighter Eduardo Rosza-Flores […] was killed early last Thursday morning in a hotel room in the eastern…
Irish, Hungarian and Romanian nationals shot by police in Bolivia, accused of Evo Morales assassination plot
[REUTERS] “Bolivian security forces said they thwarted an assassination plot against President Evo Morales on Thursday, killing three people in…
The Ergenekon Affair: An alleged ‘Deep State plot’ in Turkey
[BBC] “It is a story that has set Turkey abuzz with rumour and speculation.” “At its heart is an ultra-nationalist…
In hard-line shift, Burma’s military junta ousted pro-democracy Prime Minister, himself a general
[BBC, China Daily] “Conservative elements in Burma’s military junta have ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and put him under house…