coup d'etat

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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup d'etat, underwent successful surgery on Thursday to repair an inguinal hernia, his wife said.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

In the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, there has been a civil war going on since a military coup d’etat in 2021.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023

The beginning of 2000 saw an Ecuadorean coup d’etat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023

"We are no longer there to be the substitute for a coup d'etat or a failing political process," Macron said.

From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023

These only increased after the celebrated coup d'etat of 2nd December.

From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell