Definition of Coup d'etat

The expression coup d'état is used to refer to the sudden and violent seizure of political power carried out by a group of power and that violates the legitimacy institution of a state and that of course directly addresses the established order that they assume the legal rules of succession of power in force prior to the commission of the coup of State.

Throughout history and taking care of those who promote or carry out it, we can distinguish between different types of coups d'état. The palace coup or institutional coup is one whose seizure of political power is carried out by members of the government in function or those who are at the top of the cusp of political power. On the other hand, one of the most common types is the military coup also called a military pronouncement, in this case It will be the members of the Armed Forces and their entire structure who will align themselves and agree on the seizure of power political.

Meanwhile, in recent years and as a result of the imprint that some economic groups have achieved in the world, they often speak of market blows when these large Economic concentrations are those that implement financial chaos and economic destabilization when their interests are opposed or resented by the policies carried out by some governments.

The concept of a coup began to be used for the first time in France during the 18th century to designate those untimely decisions and measures that the King implemented to displace some person or authority from his bosom that suddenly professed against his government, then, the King justified these measures on the basis of his responsibility to watch over and protect the legal regulations in force. Then, already in the 19th century and up to the present, the concept was moved to talk about the violent actions carried out by the Armed Forces dissatisfied with some power of the day.
Without going any further, today, the world attends and follows step by step the repercussions of the seizure of political power that they carried out the Armed Forces in Honduras for considering that the incumbent president, Manuel Zelaya, contravened his duties as an official public.

Generally, the examples show it, most coups d'état lead to the establishment of a dictatorship, the suppression of individual freedoms and the dissolution of legislative power.