"This was a self-coup against our own policy," one Administration official said.

He made the decision of dissolving Congress by a self-coup to his government in 1992.

Another form of self-coup is when a government, having been defeated in an election, refuses to step down.

Bordaberry had saved his post by participating in a self-coup.

This was a self-coup that became popularly known as the Mamertazo.

Carol engineered a self-coup on February 10 and seized emergency powers.

Several months later, Bordaberry gave up entirely, handing over power in a self-coup to a dictatorship that ruled until 1985.

His self-coup had the color of law due to a 1917 act granting certain legislative powers to the then-Imperial cabinet.

The attempted self-coup was similar to the one carried out by Alberto Fujimori.

Ibáñez met with these conspirators, but ultimately his typical lack of trust ended the plans for a self-coup.

Latin Americans call it an "autogolpe," a self-coup.

Self-coup - by suspending existing democratic mechanisms after attaining office by constitutional means.

Louis-Napoleon followed the self-coup by a period of repression of his opponents, aimed mostly at the red republicans.

"If they do it simply with accusations, the counteraccusation that it was a self-coup will simply gain space."

However, the democratically-elected government was overthrown in 1970 by the Prime Minister in a self-coup.

This was exactly one week after President Alberto Fujimori carried out his notorious "self-coup."

In 1992, Alberto Fujimori carried out a so-called self-coup, where he dissolved congress and suspended the constitution.

The self-coup denotes an incumbent government - aided and abetted by the military - assuming extra-constitutional powers.

The regime created as a result of this self-coup became known as "the 4th of August" after the date of its proclamation.

Following the self-coup, in which Congress was dissolved, the Democratic Constitutional Congress established a single chamber of 120 members.

Uruguayan President Alfredo Baldomir staged a self-coup, dissolving congress and taking control of the government.

Faced with opposition to his reform efforts, Fujimori dissolved Congress in the auto-golpe ("self-coup") of 5 April 1992.

Since his so-called self-coup, Mr. Fujimori has had difficulty controlling the armed forces, which often act independently of the President.

His tenure was terminated by General Pervez Musharraf after the Pakinstani self-coup in 1999.

His term as Senator ended in 1992, when President Alberto Fujimori dissolved Congress with a self-coup.

De León had already accused him of violating the constitution during the autocoup.

An Intelligence Oversight Board report (secret at the time) states that the CIA helped in stopping this autocoup.

On January 8, 1932, President of Peru Luis Sanchez Cerro carried out an "autocoup" by outlawing political liberties and allowing for citizens to be detained without a warrant.

On 25 May 1993, President Jorge Serrano led an autocoup - a coup d'état against the country's own government-dissolving the constitution and the National Congress, and giving the order to arrest de León.

The autogolpe (or autocoup) failed due to unified, strong protests by most elements of Guatemalan society, international pressure, and the army's enforcement of the decisions of the Court of Constitutionality, which ruled against the attempted takeover.

A self-coup (or autocoup) is a form of putsch or coup d'état in which a nation's leader, despite having come to power through legal means, dissolves or renders powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assumes extraordinary powers, not granted under normal circumstances.

The president's autogolpe and his continuance in power were possible because of support from the armed forces.

During the autogolpe of Fujimori’s first administration (1990–1995), the government suspended the regionalization process.

Latin Americans call it an "autogolpe," a self-coup.

The U.S. rightly treats this "autogolpe" like an open military coup, suspending all but humanitarian assistance.

Various foreign ministers of OAS member states reiterated this condemnation of the autogolpe.

On Monday November 26, 2007, ten former government officials were sentenced by the Supreme Court of Peru for their role in the autogolpe.

Many Peruvians say they believe that those successes are the direct results of Mr. Fujimori's "autogolpe," or "self-coup."

It was, in other words, an autogolpe, or self-coup, similar to the successful power-grab by Peru's President Alberto Fujimori a year ago.

The 1993 constitutional crisis started on 25 May 1993, when the then President Jorge Serrano Elías attempted a self-coup or autogolpe.

In Peru, progress toward democratization was reversed in 1992, when President Alberto Fujimori, in an autogolpe (self-made coup), suspended the Constitution.

In 1992, frustrated by the independence of the legislature, Mr. Fujimori engineered what Peruvians call an autogolpe, or self-coup, which led to a new constitution drastically increasing his power.

The turning point came on June 22, 1970, when Velasco, in an action known as an autogolpe (self-seizure of power), dismissed Congress and the Supreme Court and assumed dictatorial powers.

This was combined with international pressure (the Organization of American States condemned the autogolpe), and the army's enforcement of the decisions of the Constitutional Court, which ruled against the attempted takeover.

Elections for the Democratic Constituent Congress were held in Peru on 22 November 1992, following a self-coup (known as the "autogolpe") by President Alberto Fujimori on 5 April.

No less important, a quick and strong reaction came from the United States, which was anxious not to let Mr Serrano's autogolpe become a fashion in other shaky democracies in Latin America.

The autogolpe (palace coup) failed due to unified, strong protests by most elements of Guatemalan society, international pressure, and the army's enforcement of the decisions of the Court of Constitutionality, which ruled against the attempted takeover.

In response to the political deadlock, on 5 April 1992, Fujimori with the support of the military carried out a presidential coup, also known as the autogolpe (auto-coup or self-coup) or Fujigolpe (Fuji-coup) in Peru.

It describes her personal experiences with assaults and illness, as well as political maneuverings such as the self-coup or autogolpe staged by then-President Jorge Serrano Elías who was quickly ousted with help from the CIA.

Whereas Peruvian-U.S. relations early in Fujimori's presidency had been dominated by questions of coca eradication, Fujimori's autogolpe immediately became a major obstacle to international relations, as the United States immediately suspended all military and economic aid to Peru, with exceptions for counter-narcotic and humanitarian-related funds.

The 1992 Fujimori's Auto-Coup, also known as the Autogolpe of 1992, was a constitutional crisis that occurred in Peru in 1992, after President Alberto Fujimori dissolved the Congress of Peru as well as the judiciary of Peru and assumed full legislative and judicial powers.