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History, 29.05.2020 23:04, kaylaelaine18

Refer to the passage.

"I was reluctant to accept the candidacy for a long time. I could not imagine myself to be a professional politician. I have displayed, let’s say, an occasional or political behavior throughout my entire life, but never, so called, professionally.

That came as a huge surprise, but when, I did not have too much time to think about it, and the situation culminated in such a way that my election was supposed to be some kind of climax of the revolution. And, if I suddenly declined the position, then I would, I would actually undermine the whole movement. Suddenly, suddenly, it would actually fail at the peak of the movement, suddenly it would not be able to offer any alternative.

So, I accepted it and, of course, I was in no way prepared for such a function. Not as in America where it is taught how to be president since basic school. And, therefore, I was doing many different amateur things, more so because there was no office and no tradition and we had nothing to follow. The previous president governed the state from the central committee of the party."

Václav Havel in a 2010 interview discussing his rise to power following the "Velvet Revolution" in 1989

In which of the following situations did the dissatisfaction with communist rule that lead to the events discussed in the passage have a similar effect in the Western Hemisphere?

Zapatista uprisings throughout the Mexican state of Chiapas
Collapse of the totalitarian government of Augusto Pinochet in Chile
Fall of Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista party from power in Nicaragua
Coup attempts led by Hugo Chavez against the government of Venezuela

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