Chile's Presidential Palace burns at the height of bombardment during the coup d'etat by the nation's armed forces September 11.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-Troops manning medium tanks guarded the War Ministry throughout the night as rumblings began against the leftist-leaning...
Portrait of the Shah is carried triumphantly atop an Iranian Army tank patrolling the streets of Teheran after the coup that overthrew the regime of...
Teheran, Iran- Members of the Tudeh Party in Iran carry placards which denounce the United States and Great Britain during a powerful demonstration...
Tehran, Iran- This was the scene before the Royal Palace in Tehran last March, when Red demonstrators and pro-Mossabegh supporters gathered to...
Rome: Demonstrators protesting the Army coup in Chile march past the Colosseum, September 12, carrying a large portrait of the late Chilean President...
Santiago, Chile- Military junta President General Augusto Pinochet delivers a radio speech, on the one-month anniversary of the military coup that...
Guatemalan President Jacobo was forced to resign after a CIA-backed coup overthrew his reformist government. Left to right: Dona Maria Villanova de...
Admiral Toribio Merino, General Augusto Pinochet, and Air Force General Leigh salute while walking to join the Te Deum on September 18, Independence...
King Juan Carlos of Spain on TV sending out a message to condemn the coup attempt against him in Madrid, Spain on February 23th, 1981.
Here is a section of the crowd that gathered to listen to Czech communist Premier Klement Gottwald fire the opening gun of his campaign to lower the...
Santiago, Chile: Member of Presidential Guard uses a heavy machine gun on forces attacking the Palace from first floor balcony during Tuesday's coup...
Tehran, Iran- A huge portrait of the Shah of Iran is carried through the streets of Tehran by followers of the 33-year-old monarch, as he makes his...
Soldier in the Chilean Army stands guard over political prisoners held at the National Stadium in Santiago. On September 11 the Chilean Army...
Women wave handkerchiefs as symbol of their opposition to the government of Chile's President Salvador Allende during a demonstration in Santiago in...
Colonel Antonio Tejero brandishing a gun as he attempts to take over Spanish parliament in a coup with the Guardia Civil, February 1981.
Paramilitaries in the streets of Munich as the swastika flag is hoisted on the city hall during the Beer Hall Putsch, the Nazi Party's failed coup...
Tehran, Iran- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, of Iran, is being saluted by an honor guard upon his arrival at Teheran Airport. The Shah, who flew back...
Santiago, Chile - Student hoses down wall 9/17 at the University of Chile to clean off political slogans left over from the days of bitter political...
While thousands of people crowd the plaza in front of the National Palace in Guatemala City, a low flying plane drops leaflets welcoming the new...
The indolent atmosphere of the coastal city of Puerto Barrios was smashed on June 18th, 1954 when uprising anti-communist exiles bombed the town and...
Santiago, Chile- An armed guard watches prisoners of the Chilean Army in the stands of Santiago's National Stadium. The army is using the stadium as...
Weapons taken from home of guatemalan presidential candidate Roberto Alejos, during recent coup d'etat.
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin stands on a tank to defy the August Coup - an attempt by hard-line members of the Communist...
Following the overthrow of Premier Mossadegh, crowds favoring the return of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, demonstrated their support by hoisting up his...
La Paz, Bolivia-A military junta which staged a successful revolution in Bolivia last week put top-ranking army men in key positions in the...
Prague, Czechoslovakia- Cheering Czechs gather in Wenceslaus Square to hear Klement Gottwald announce the formation of a new government on Feb. 25...
Prague, Czechoslovakia- A sober-looking crowd gathers in Wenceslaus Square, Prague, on Feb. 25 to hear Klement Gottwald announce formation of a new...
Prague, Czechoslovakia-Premier Klement Gottwald of Czechoslovakia, who engineered the coup which left his Communist party unopposed in the ministries...
General Augusto Pinochet, head of Chile's ruling military junta, holds a news conference at Santiago's War College on September 21, 1973. Pinochet...
Santiago, Chile: The outlook is not so pleasant for some of the people detained in Santiago's National Stadium. Normally used for sports events, the...
Troops seal off a main road in the Turkish capital Ankara after the military coup led by General Kenan Evren.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after he was ousted from the Palace of Miraflores and arrested by the military in...
Rome, Italy- Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi is flanked by reporters, as he reads a telegram urging him to return to Tehran. After five days in exile in...
Shah Reads Report of Coup. Rome, Italy: Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran reads the reports of the Iranian coup which resulted in the arrest of...
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran Arrives in Rome, Italy: The Shah of Iran and his wife, the Empress Soraya, arrive at Rome airport from Bagdad...
Anti-Pinochet government demonstrators, raising clenched fists, on traditional day of presidential voting before September 1973 coup.
Citizens of Moscow line the streets to cheer Soviet tanks flying the tricolored flag of the Russian Federation, as they leave Red Square after...
Myanmar migrant workers scream out against the Myanmar coup during a May Day march on May 01, 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Myanmar Migrant Workers...
Bangkok: Heavily armed rebel troops stack their arms neatly in the middle of the road as they surrender March 26 after a coup attempt in the heart of...
Arica, Chile-Deposed by leaders of the revolutionary coup that overthrew his government, ex-President of Bolivia, General Enrique Penaranda , is...
Buenos Aires, Argentina-This building in Buenos Aires' Alianza Libertadora Nacionalista was banged up by army tanks and cannon during the revolt...
Jebel Razeh, Yemen- Yemen's ousted Imam Mohammed El-Badr is shown with Royalist tribesmen outside his cave headquarters. At right is the Imam's...
Argentine troops lay with rifles ready in the Plaza de Mayo across from the Presidential Palace, awaiting developments as a military coup ousts the...
Buenos Aires, Argentina-Students of Argentina gather around a bust of deposed dictator Juna Peron after the succesful revolt against his regime ended...
An armored car stands outside the Presidential Palace on July 19th, 1968 in the wake of the coup d'etat of July 17. In a bloodless coup Major General...
Prague, Czechoslovakia- General view of crowds in Wenceslaus Square, Prague, on Feb. 25 when Premier Klement Gottwald announced formation of a new...
Djakarta, Indonesia- Indonesian strongman General Suharto announces that former deputy premier Subandrio will go on trial for treason 10/1, the first...
Santiago, Chile: Last picture of President Salvador Allende of Chile before he committed suicide during armed forces coup d' etat in Santiago, Sept....
Athens, Greece- Armored vehicle patrols street here Dec. 13 after the Greek military junta announced that King Constantine's counter coup had been...
Buenos Aires, Argentina-A scene in the Plaza de Mayo after the announcement of the news that President Ramon Castillo had been ousted by an almost...
Buenos Aires, Argentina-Loyal followers of Juan Domingo Peron, President of Argentina crowd every inch of ground in the Plaza de Mayo and overflow to...
Anti-Pinochet Government demonstration on traditional voting day before the coup, raising clenched fists.
View of Argentine soldiers as they stand guard near of Government House during a military coup, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24, 1976. The coup...
View of an Argentine Army tank stationed in front of Government House during a military coup, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24, 1976. The coup...
Screen grab captured from a video shows the soldiers who appeared on national TV to announce the ouster of President Mohamed Bazoum in Niger, on July...
