81.   Despite the rumblings, many analysts believe a coup is unlikely unless Chavez loses support among the masses.

82.   Gen. Sampao Choosri, chief of the Supreme Military Command, guaranteed there would be no coup.

83.   Given the situation, the coup was almost to be expected, Ousmane told reporters.

84.   Gen. Sampao Choosri, chief of the Supreme Military Command, guaranteed there would be no coup even if widespread voter fraud is discovered.

85.   Government and opposition figures both denied there had been a coup.

86.   He later told the British Broadcasting Corp. the coup was to remove a corrupt regime.

87.   In the crowd, three elderly women chatting as they waited for the parade to begin said they knew better than other Portguese how important the coup was.

88.   In the past year there have been attempted coups in Ecuador and Paraguay, a coup plot in Guatemala, and electoral crises in Peru and Haiti.

89.   It was unclear whether the coup was successful.

90.   Leaders and analysts were more united in their concern that coups are too common a method of political change in the region.