autogolpe

The "autogolpe" (or self-initiated coup) failed due to unified, strong protests by most elements of Guatemalan society, international pressure, and the army's enforcement of the decisions of the Court of Constitutionality, which ruled against the attempted takeover.

unknown title 2009

The "autogolpe" (or self-initiated coup) failed due to unified, strong protests by most elements of Guatemalan society, international pressure, and the army's enforcement of the decisions of the Court of Constitutionality, which ruled against the attempted takeover.

unknown title 2009

The "autogolpe" (or self-initiated coup) failed due to unified, strong protests by most elements of Guatemalan society, international pressure, and the army's enforcement of the decisions of the Court of Constitutionality, which ruled against the attempted takeover.

unknown title 2009

The "autogolpe" (or self-initiated coup) failed due to unified, strong protests by most elements of Guatemalan society, international pressure, and the army's enforcement of the decisions of the Court of Constitutionality, which ruled against the attempted takeover.

unknown title 2009

But, in fact, the past is not as distant as much of the coverage of the coup suggests and the seemingly forgotten autogolpe, or "self coup" in Guatemala in 1993 may offer some lessons for today.

Kimberly Ann Elliott: Deja Coup and the Forgotten "Autogolpe" 2009

His subsequent 1992 autogolpe or self-coup, although approved by more than 80 per cent of the population at the time, is also recalled as the start of the ravaging of Peru's hard-won democracy.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

These avoid the danger, always present in new democracies, of what is known in Spanish as the autogolpe (self-coup) where, having won an election, a party or preseident ensures there are no more.

Harry's Place 2009

Castillo’s announcement prompted comparisons with the notorious “autogolpe” or self-coup of April 1992, in which then-president Alberto Fujimori dissolved congress and sent soldiers and tanks on to the streets of Lima.

Peru president removed from office and charged with ‘rebellion’ after alleged coup attempt Dan Collyns 2022

Technically, the coup experts pointed out, if Trump did seize another term, the correct term would be autogolpe, not coup, since he would simply be an existing president extending his own rule, rather than an outsider overthrowing an incumbent.

This Was the Coup Tom Scocca 2021