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Five days before his overthrow, Nicolae Ceausescu had ordered the military to put down a revolt in the western Romanian city of Timisoara. Triggered by government’s attempt to evict an ethnic Hungarian pastor who they accused of inciting ethnic hatred, the Timisoara uprising quickly became a broader anti-government demonstration. News of the government’s crackdown was not shared in the heavily-censored press, but quickly spread through western-operated radio stations such as Radio Free Europe.
With unrest increasing, Ceausescu addressed a staged demonstration from a balcony of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party in Bucharest on 21 December. Despite the presence of the secret police known as the Securitate, the crowd began to heckle him with chants of ‘Ti-mi-soa-ra! Ti-mi-soa-ra!’
Having failed to calm the crowd, Ceausescu was moved back inside the building by his bodyguards. The speech had been televised around Romania and the video feed was only cut after the start of the crowd’s protest. It was clear to anyone watching that something monumental was unfolding in the capital.
Over the next few hours the streets of Bucharest filled with protesters. Unable to regain control, the following morning Ceausescu and his wife fled the Central Committee building by helicopter. Their pilot soon faked a threat of anti-aircraft fire and landed, leading to the later arrest of the Ceausescus. They were subjected to a show trial on Christmas Day and found guilty of crimes including genocide and illegally gathering wealth. Having been sentenced to death they were quickly taken outside and shot.
Decades passed and how better is Romania, or ex socialist countries? People en masses move to different countries to better the living. Corruption is huge. Lines for gas, etc shown here was the outcome of cost cutting to get rid of debt. Guess what rich people, were once poor and lived on the edge of poverty in order to get rich. That's how things are, #1 thing anybody dreaming about becoming rich is to learn how to be poor first without comfort and extras. Too bad Romanians wasted that chance.
The problem is Romania is not it's own Country anymore with it's original identity. It is owned by outside business and ran by other countries. I left at 3 years of age but speak, read and write fluently. I have family in Bucharest and Pitesti. I get nothing but bad news from back home about how the country is being ran into the ground. However working and retiring in Romania may be a different story, but I am long ways from retiring and who knows who will own Romania by then.
22nd December 1989: Romanian Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu overthrown in the Revolution of 1989
https://youtu.be/YkLTqt0ex10
The BRUTAL Executions Of Nicolae And Elena Ceausescu- The Romanian Dictators
https://youtu.be/KaGgJX9FUwo
Nicolae Ceausescu LAST SPEECH (21 Dec 1989)
https://youtu.be/wWIbCtz_Xwk
https://youtu.be/3muDjmU2ozQ
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