Coups D’Etat and Attempted Coups D’Etat

‘War Game’ Review: It Can’t Happen Here (Right?)

This nail-biter of a documentary imagines it is Jan. 6, 2025, and armed supporters of the losing candidate are hatching a coup and maybe a civil war. What will the nation’s leaders do?

By Manohla Dargis

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Three West African Countries Exit Regional ECOWAS Bloc

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are withdrawing from a 49-year-old regional alliance that has allowed goods and nearly 400 million people to travel freely across a tightly connected region.

By Elian Peltier

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‘Lumumba: Death of a Prophet’: Revisiting a Mythic Figure

The 1990 documentary about Patrice Lumumba by Raoul Peck (“I Am Not Your Negro”), showing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, looks and feels newly minted.

By J. Hoberman

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Victor Jara Killing: Ex-Chilean Soldier Arrested in Florida

Pedro Barrientos, 74, is accused of killing the popular Chilean singer in 1973. In a civil case, Mr. Barrientos was accused of bragging about shooting Mr. Jara twice in the head.

By Orlando Mayorquin