Crackdown in Guatemala Guatemala's leader dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court in what appeared to be a military-backed effort to quell protests.

In effect, it sets the clock back to December, when pro-government lawmakers dissolved the Supreme Court and installed a new one, setting the current crisis into motion.

The president, though, said he would stick with his decision to dissolve the Supreme Court.

Serrano suspended the constitution, dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court, imposed censorship and tried to restrict civil liberties.

The SRC subsequently renamed the country the Somali Democratic Republic, dissolved the parliament and the Supreme Court, and suspended the constitution.

The SRC subsequently arrested members of the former civilian government, banned political parties, dissolved the parliament and the Supreme Court, and suspended the constitution.

The conventional wisdom here is that he was saving the country when he dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court in 1992, held show trials and otherwise upended the rule of law.

On May 25, 1993, Serrano illegally dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court and tried to restrict civil freedoms, allegedly to fight corruption.

On Tuesday May 25, 1993, Serrano illegally suspended the constitution, dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court, imposed censorship and tried to restrict civil freedom.

The new government dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court and hunted down Mr. Chávez's ministers.