Mobutu Sese Seko's second attempt at a
military coup to seize control of then
Zaire (Now the
Democratic Republic of the Congo) in November
1965 was successful thus began the Mobutu Dictatorship. Immediately the somewhat
socialist Zairian constitution was suspended and in only a few months the dictator had lost the
goodwill of the people and
resistance movements began. The
US, however, supported the coup since the prospect of another socialist state was very troubling to the western idea of
free markets and
cheap labor. In order to ensure that the
coup would be successful, the
CIA provided aid to Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku wa za Banga (his full name meaning
all-conquering warrior, who goes from triumph to triumph )