81. As tanks rolled through different Soviet cities, including Riga, Rubiks rushed to express support for the coup leaders in Moscow. 82. At the same time, their political masters said they were ready to join Nigerian troops if the coup leaders exhausted options for a negotiated settlement. 83. Both ousted former prime minister Chaudhry and coup leader Speight are candidates for election. 84. Bouterse, a two-time coup leader, now serves as special adviser to the president, a post specially created for Bouterse to shield him from Dutch prosecutors. 85. But he faces serious opposition for the first time from a popular ex-governor and fellow former coup leader, Francisco Arias, who recently broke with Chavez. 86. But critics fear the real aim of the former coup leader is to install the type of authoritarian regime most of Latin America is trying to leave behind. 87. But some analysts also think the feud is part of a power struggle, since the fellow coup leaders may feel sidelined now that Chavez is president. 88. But regional powers were hoping that words rather than weapons would persuade coup leader Maj. Johnny Paul Koroma to give up. 89. But the U.S. official said the coup leader is now willing to accept another Southeast Asian delegation to find a solution. 90. But it also highlighted the tendency of coup leaders to reinvent themselves as democratic leaders to remain in power. |