Foreign relations of Benin
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Foreign relations of Benin
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After seizing power in the 1972 coup d'état, Major Mathieu Kérékou declared the People's Republic of Benin a Marxist-Leninist state and sought financial support from communist governments in Eastern Europe and Asia. To distance the modern state from its colonial past, the country became the People's Republic of Benin in 1975. However, Benin dropped the socialist ideology in 1989 following pressure from creditors and domestic unrest related to economic hardship. In recent years Benin has strength
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2002-02-25T15:51:15Z
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2024-09-07T23:06:32Z
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