Cristina Dobreanu
Cristina Dobreanu (b. 1985), a PhD student in international relations at the University of Bucharest, has written various articles for România Libera.
Updated: 21 December 2009
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By Cristina Dobreanu
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Romania: The confiscated revolution
21 December 200925 România libera Bucharest
On 21 December 1989, Nicolae Ceauşescu was booed during a speech to an assembled crowd – and then ousted in the hours that followed. 20 years later, we still don’t know exactly what happened in the Romanian revolution. One thing is certain though: a handful of Communists capitalised on the ensuing bloodshed to take and consolidate power.