https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Social-movements-and-the-fall-of-Compaore https://internationalviewpoint.org/Social-movements-and-the-fall-of-Compaore 2015-01-11T14:31:42Z text/html en Lila Chouli Africa Burkina Faso <p>Blaise Compaoré became President of Burkino Faso in 1991 as a result of a coup in 1987 in which his predecessor Thomas Sankara died. In 2000 the opposition succeeded in amending the constitution to limit a President to two five year terms. In 2014 Compaoré attempted to change the constitution back to allow him to remain in power and was eventually forced from office in October 2014. <a href="http://www.afriquesenlutte.org/afrique-de-l-ouest/burkina-faso/article/burkina-faso-interview-de-lila" class="spip_out" rel="external"><i>Afriques en Lutte</i></a> spoke to Burkina Faso specialist Lila Chouli about how the social movements led to the fall of Compaoré.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV480-January-2015-" rel="directory">IV480 - January 2015</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Africa-+" rel="tag">Africa</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Burkina-Faso-+" rel="tag">Burkina Faso</a>