Guinea-Bissau Coup
What triggered the Guinea-Bissau coup?
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67 mins
Discover the events behind coups in Guinea-Bissau, including the 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état. Explore how political instability, military influence, and contested elections led to repeated power struggles.
Ep 1:
The Coup Nobody Can Explain
Tanks roll, a president tweets his own overthrow, and both election rivals vanish into detention—Guinea-Bissau's latest coup is stranger than fiction, and nobody can agree on what's real.
Ep 2:
A Nation Born Into Chaos
From a guerrilla war for independence to nine coups in fifty years, Guinea-Bissau's military and drug trade have fused into a machine of chaos—and it's finally exposed as Africa's first narco-state.
Discussions (5)
Abraham
Level 9 · 4 mo agoI looked up the GDP numbers and the host is totally right. The estimated value of the cocaine they move is over two billion dollars but their actual GDP is only 1.6 billion. They are literal cartels.
Sherry
Level 7 · 4 mo agoI disagree with the fake coup theory. Embalo wouldn't risk EVERYTHING just to delay an election. It was 100% an inside betrayal by his own team 🤷🏽♀️
Willis
Level 5 · 4 mo agoYeah he definitely staged the whole thing. Who is just sitting there tweeting while being overthrown?
