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engineered coup

Italian translation: Dal colpo di stato del 1953, la cui regia occulta fu affidata alla CIA, etc...

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English term or phrase:engineered coup
Italian translation:Dal colpo di stato del 1953, la cui regia occulta fu affidata alla CIA, etc...
Entered by: Paola Paliotti

18:31 Jan 10, 2002
English to Italian translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: engineered coup
Articolo sl terrorismo.

Since the CIA-engineered coup in 1953, more than 200,000 Guatemalans have died at the hands of military, police, and death squad leaders—many of them sponsored by the CIA and trained at the SOA.

Colpo grosso??

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Paola Paliotti
Italy
Local time: 17:40
Dal colpo di stato del 1953, la cui regia occulta fu affidata alla CIA, etc...
Explanation:
Colpo di stato o colpo di mano o golpe, che è spagnolo ma ormai d'uso comune.
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Sabina Moscatelli
Italy
Local time: 17:40
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Grazie 1000.
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4 +3colpo di stato architettato dalla CIA
Marisapad
5Dal colpo di stato del 1953, la cui regia occulta fu affidata alla CIA, etc...
Sabina Moscatelli


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
colpo di stato architettato dalla CIA


Explanation:
coup è sempre "colpo di stato" o "golpe".

Buon lavoro

Marisapad
Local time: 17:40
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 261

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agree  Floriana (X)
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agree  Laura Gentili
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agree  Elena Sgarbo (X): Hai ragione. Paola mi ha fatto sorridere col "colpo grosso" - lo vedevo delle volte alla TV in Italia, molti anni fa ;-)
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Dal colpo di stato del 1953, la cui regia occulta fu affidata alla CIA, etc...


Explanation:
Colpo di stato o colpo di mano o golpe, che è spagnolo ma ormai d'uso comune.

Sabina Moscatelli
Italy
Local time: 17:40
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 2263
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Grazie 1000.
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