"support" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Even so, Mobutu's relationship with the U.S. radically changed shortly afterward with the end of the Cold War; with the Soviet Union gone, there was no longer any reason to support Mobutu as a bulwark against communism.
- He inferred correctly that they were going to support Mobutu in Zaire, and so advised Admiral Pilchard.
- "That's why, to a certain extent, they decided to support Mobutu," this diplomat said about the French.
- For years, the United States had supported Mobutu, but had concluded that his rule had grown too corrupt and that Congo had become a potential source of instability.
- Lumumba's decision to accept Soviet help angered the US who via the CIA, increasingly supported Mobutu and Kasa-Vubu.
- Successive United States Administrations, Republican and Democratic, continued to support Mobutu despite clear evidence that he was stirring a witch's brew for all who shared his table.
- With the Soviet Union gone, there was no longer any reason to support Mobutu as a bulwark against communism.
- Repression Is His Weapon "We've supported them, yes, and we supported Mobutu," said a Western diplomat with long experience in Africa.
- "We will continue to support Mobutu even though we don't like him."
- Lumumba's decision to accept Soviet help angered the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the United States who via the CIA, increasingly supported Mobutu and Kasa-Vubu.
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