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5 J. Int'l L. & Prac. 199 (1996)
Regime Legitimation in Instances of Coup-Caused Governments-in-Exile: The Cases of Presidents Makarios and Aristide

handle is hein.journals/mistjintl5 and id is 207 raw text is: REGIME LEGITIMATION IN INSTANCES OF COUP- CAUSED GOVERNMENTS-IN-EXILE: THE CASES OF PRESIDENTS MAKARIOS AND ARISTIDE Edward Collins, Jr.* 7iimothy M. Cole** I. INTRODUCTION On July 15, 1974, units of the Cypriot National Guard, led by Greek army officers serving under the direct command of the mili- tary junta then ruling Greece, began executing a coup d'6tat against the legal government of the Republic of Cyprus. Within thirty-six hours the putschists had overcome the major forms of immediate overt resistance in the major cities and proclaimed a new government to replace that of President Archbishop Makarios III, who fled abroad. On July 20, Turkey launched a massive invasion of Cyprus, arguing that its use of force was in aid of-not directed against-the political independence and terri- torial integrity of Cyprus. By July 23, the Turkish move and re- lated developments had caused the collapse of both the military re- gime in Athens and the coup regime headed by Nicos Sampson in Nicosia. Makarios returned to Cyprus as President on December 7, 1974. On September 30, 1991, the army and army-led police forces of Haiti successfully executed a coup d'6tat against Haiti's first demo- cratically elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. His life was spared only after the intervention of French, American, and Vene- zuelan diplomats. President Aristide then began a three-year exile during which time he engaged in a diplomatic tug-of-war with the coup regime. He unceasingly insisted that the international commu- nity isolate the junta to force its withdrawal from power and re- store his legitimate government. The Haitian military effectively held power throughout the entire exile period. The international community, after three years of attempting to bring about the ouster of the junta, finally authorized member states, through ac- * Professor of Political Science, University of Maine. B.A., M.A., Marshall Univer- sity; Ph.D., Emory University. ** Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Maine. B.A., Colorado State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington.

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