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Guatemala's October Revolution of 1944 overthrew dictator Jorge Ubico, launching democratic reforms under presidents Arévalo and Árbenz that were ended by a CIA-backed coup in 1954.
The Burkina Faso Uprising of 2014 was a popular revolt that forced President Blaise Compaoré from power after 27 years of rule, triggered by his attempt to extend his term via constitutional change.
Sudan's mass protests from December 2018 led to the military ousting President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, ending 30 years of rule and initiating a contested democratic transition.
The Sandinista Revolution of 1979 overthrew Nicaragua's Somoza dictatorship, bringing the Marxist FSLN to power amid a Cold War proxy conflict.
The Belarusian Protests of 2020 were mass demonstrations against Alexander Lukashenko following a disputed presidential election in August, representing the largest protest movement in Belarus's post-Soviet history.
Grenada's 1979 revolution brought Maurice Bishop's New Jewel Movement to power; an internal coup in October 1983 killed Bishop and triggered a US military invasion of the island.
Syria's 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad escalated into a devastating civil war that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced over half the country's population.
