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| Republic of Albania Republika e Shqipërisë | |
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| Capital and largest city | Tirana |
| Official languages | Albanian |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Area | |
• Total | 28,748 km² |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 2,793,592 |
Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a bourgeois republic established in 1992 after the overthrow of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.
History
Counterrevolution
Communists won the elections in March 1991. The NED organized mass protests and a general strike and gave over $100,000 to the opposition, leading the government to collapse in June. The U.S. threatened to refuse all aid from the country if the Communists won the next elections in March 1992. With major U.S. support, the Democratic Party won the 1992 elections.[1] President Sali Berisha ruled as a corrupt dictator until 1996. He rigged elections and imprisoned the main opposition leader.[2]
References
- ↑ William Blum (2002). Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower: 'A Concise History of United States Global Interventions, 1945 to the Present' (p. 133). [PDF] Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 9781842772201 [LG]
- ↑ Michael Parenti (2000). To Kill a Nation: 'Multiculturalism in Yugoslavia' (p. 180). [PDF] Verso.