Jean-Bedel Bokassa vs Sayri Tupac

Jean-Bédel Bokassa led a military coup against President David Dacko, his cousin. He suspended the constitution, dissolved the National Assembly, and declared himself president, beginning a repressive regime.

Bokassa declared the Central African Republic a monarchy and crowned himself Emperor Bokassa I in a lavish ceremony costing millions of dollars. The event was modeled on Napoleon's coronation and widely criticized as extravagant.

French paratroopers, in Operation Barracuda, overthrew Bokassa while he was in Libya. David Dacko was reinstalled as president. Bokassa went into exile in France and later C

Bokassa ordered the arrest and killing of schoolchildren protesting compulsory school uniforms. Approximately 100 children were killed, leading to international condemnation and accelerating the end of his regime.

Bokassa returned to CAR voluntarily and was put on trial for crimes including murder, cannibalism, and embezzlement. He was convicted and sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment.

Sayri Tupac succeeded his father Manco Inca as the ruler of the Neo-Inca state in Vilcabamba. He inherited a small, isolated kingdom that continued resistance against Spanish rule in the Andes.

Sayri Tupac entered into negotiations with Spanish Viceroy Andr

Sayri Tupac was baptized as a Christian in Lima, taking the name Diego. He formally accepted Spanish sovereignty and was granted the title of Prince of Yucay, along with encomiendas, ending the Vilcabamba resistance temporarily.

Sayri Tupac died suddenly in Yucay, possibly poisoned by Spanish officials or by his own relatives. His death led to the succession of his brother Titu Cusi Yupanqui, who resumed resistance against Spanish rule.