tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post558597961932308430..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Was there a coup in Paraguay?Greg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-28402095574793733672012-06-27T16:32:50.187-04:002012-06-27T16:32:50.187-04:00Yep. See past post--reading the accusation makes t...Yep. See past post--reading the accusation makes the situation look even worse.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-23950725804517970082012-06-27T16:24:20.035-04:002012-06-27T16:24:20.035-04:00Mr. Weeks, have you read the "libelo acusator...Mr. Weeks, have you read the "libelo acusatorio" on which Lugo was impeached? You can't really judge the process if you don't take that into account.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-86295562284343656492012-06-27T15:53:29.868-04:002012-06-27T15:53:29.868-04:00Right, it doesn't technically meet the definit...Right, it doesn't technically meet the definition of a coup. Nevertheless, it is a very serious problem when a legislature in a presidential system of government impeaches a democratically elected president on transparently arbitrary grounds.Justin Delacourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343303383195336825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-22181460728359241872012-06-27T15:33:53.133-04:002012-06-27T15:33:53.133-04:00Professor Weeks -- I would definitely fall on the ...Professor Weeks -- I would definitely fall on the side of not calling this a coup for two main reasons: First, and as you said in your post, it didn't really check most of the boxes which define a standard coup. Second, and to me more importantly, calling this a coup would completey water down and muddy the term for future reference. I would just call it what is was: a strictly political, yet technically legal, impeachment. Or, simple a "political impeachment".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126509482297898077noreply@blogger.com