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smw_CoupChronology.sPubDate = "6/29/2009 9:17:57 PM GMT";
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smw_CoupChronology.appHeader = "Political turmoil in Latin America ";
smw_CoupChronology.appDeck = "Dates of key military coups, both failed and successful";
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smw_CoupChronology[i-1].body = "Fulgencio Batista leads military coup known as \"sergeant's revolt.\" He leads a second coup in 1952, setting the stage for Fidel Castro's rise to power.  ";

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smw_CoupChronology[i-1].body = "Coup by all three branches of the armed forces succeeds after three days of fighting, during which thousands are killed. President Juan Peron resigns and takes refuge on a Paraguayan gunboat before going into exile. ";

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smw_CoupChronology[i-1].body = "Civilian government ousted in coup led by Gen. Juan Velasco Alvarado, who introduces populist land reform program and carries out large-scale nationalizations. <br>";

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smw_CoupChronology[i-1].body = "Col. Hugo Banzer Suarez comes to power after staging military coup. He remains a force in Bolivian politics until his death in 2001. <br>";

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smw_CoupChronology[i-1].body = "Gen. Augusto Pinochet ousts President Salvador Allende, the world's first democratically elected Marxist president, in a CIA-sponsored coup. ";

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smw_CoupChronology[i-1].body = "President Jean-Bertrand Aristide ousted in a coup led by Brigadier-Gen. Raoul Cedras, triggering sanctions by the U.S. and the Organization of American States.<br>";

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smw_CoupChronology[i-1].body = "Gen. Alfredo Stroessner deposed in coup led by Gen. Andres Rodriguez, who is then elected president. Stroessner came to power in 1954 after leading a coup himself.";

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smw_CoupChronology[i-1].body = "Some 120 people are killed in two attempted coups, the first led by future President Col. Hugo Chavez, and the second carried out by his supporters. Chavez is jailed for two years before being pardoned.";

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smw_CoupChronology[i-1].body = "President Jorge Serrano Elias forced to resign after he tries to impose an authoritarian regime and ignites a wave of protests.";

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smw_CoupChronology[i-1].body = "President Manuel Zelaya is removed by the military and forced into exile. Congressional speaker Roberto Micheletti is appointed acting president. <br>";

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