1968 Panamanian coup d'état
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The 1968 Panamanian coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Arnulfo Arias that ushered in a period of National Guard–led rule and set the stage for Omar Torrijos’s dominant leadership in Panama.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1968 Panamanian coup d'état canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1968 Panamanian coup d'état Context triple: [Omar Torrijos, cameToPowerBy, 1968 Panamanian coup d'état]
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1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military-led overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero that installed a reformist junta and set the stage for the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War.
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B.
1963 Dominican coup d’état
The 1963 Dominican coup d’état was a military overthrow of democratically elected President Juan Bosch that destabilized the Dominican Republic and set the stage for the later Dominican Civil War.
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C.
1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
The 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état was a CIA-orchestrated overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz that marked a pivotal Cold War intervention in Latin America and ushered in decades of political instability and repression in Guatemala.
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D.
1950 Utuado Uprising
The 1950 Utuado Uprising was an armed revolt in the town of Utuado, Puerto Rico, in which Nationalist Party militants rose against U.S. colonial rule as part of a broader island-wide insurrection.
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E.
1973 Chilean coup d'état
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Salvador Allende that marked the violent end of Chile's democracy and the beginning of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1968 Panamanian coup d'état Target entity description: The 1968 Panamanian coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Arnulfo Arias that ushered in a period of National Guard–led rule and set the stage for Omar Torrijos’s dominant leadership in Panama.
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A.
1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military-led overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero that installed a reformist junta and set the stage for the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War.
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B.
1963 Dominican coup d’état
The 1963 Dominican coup d’état was a military overthrow of democratically elected President Juan Bosch that destabilized the Dominican Republic and set the stage for the later Dominican Civil War.
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C.
1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
The 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état was a CIA-orchestrated overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz that marked a pivotal Cold War intervention in Latin America and ushered in decades of political instability and repression in Guatemala.
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D.
1950 Utuado Uprising
The 1950 Utuado Uprising was an armed revolt in the town of Utuado, Puerto Rico, in which Nationalist Party militants rose against U.S. colonial rule as part of a broader island-wide insurrection.
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E.
1973 Chilean coup d'état
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Salvador Allende that marked the violent end of Chile's democracy and the beginning of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coup d'état
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military coup ⓘ political event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1968 Panama coup
ⓘ
1968 military coup in Panama ⓘ |
| carriedOutBy | Panama National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1968 in Panama
ⓘ
Coups d'état in Panama ⓘ Military history of Panama ⓘ |
| caused |
consolidation of military power in Panama
ⓘ
end of Arnulfo Arias’s third presidency ⓘ |
| country | Panama ⓘ |
| date | 1968-10-11 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Omar Torrijos regime
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
military rule in Panama ⓘ |
| governmentOverthrown | constitutional civilian government of Arnulfo Arias ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodStarted | Torrijos era in Panama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| immediateOutcome |
dissolution of the National Assembly of Panama
ⓘ
establishment of a military junta ⓘ suspension of constitutional guarantees ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Arnulfo Arias
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boris Martínez NERFINISHED ⓘ Omar Torrijos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCountry | Spanish ⓘ |
| ledBy |
Boris Martínez
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Omar Torrijos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Panama City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overthrew | Arnulfo Arias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | history of Panama ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Panama National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | 1968 Panamanian general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Central America ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Omar Torrijos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Panama National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ Panamanian military dictatorship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| removedFromOffice | Arnulfo Arias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn | overthrow of President Arnulfo Arias ⓘ |
| setStageFor | Omar Torrijos’s dominant leadership in Panama ⓘ |
| significance | beginning of nearly two decades of military influence in Panamanian politics ⓘ |
| target | Arnulfo Arias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfGovernmentChange | military takeover ⓘ |
| usheredIn | National Guard–led rule in Panama ⓘ |
| year | 1968 ⓘ |
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