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A coup d’état, French for “stroke of state,” is a sudden, often violent overthrow of a government. Coups differ from revolutions in that coups are usually carried out by small groups of people in or previously in positions of authority to install their leaders as heads of government, while revolutions are mass uprisings by the people. Coups depend on surprise and speed and rarely change a country’s basic social or economic policies. What current world leaders assumed power through coups? Discuss
Source: The Free Dictionary