Kyrgyzstan After Akayev
Against The Current vol. 118
Weissman, Susan
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/242
Date Written: 2005-09-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2005
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13176
Kyrgyzstan’s March 2005 “Tulip Revolution,” if something less than really a revolution, resulted in its president, Askar Akayev, fleeing the country. Once hailed as the most democratic leader in the region, Akayev was overthrown by spontaneous demonstrations of a population angered by corruption, nepotism, economic despair and demoralization.
