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After 1973, his regime also suppressed private commercial activity, [21] [78] and due to a lack of exports [21] and foreign investment (the latter due to Macías Nguema's refusal in most cases), [21] the nation lacked foreign currency, [79] meaning that the Equatorial Guinean ekwele introduced in 1975, which had quickly lost nearly all value ...
This is a list of totalitarian regimes.There are regimes that have been commonly referred to as "totalitarian", or the concept of totalitarianism has been applied to them, for which there is wide consensus among scholars to be called as such; if there is no consensus, it is mentioned in the list.
Pol Pot [a] (born Saloth Sâr; [b] 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who was the dictator of communist Cambodia from 1976 until his overthrow in 1979. He oversaw mass atrocities and is widely believed to be one of the most brutal despots in modern world history.
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In January 1979, Bokassa tried to force all students in the Central African Republic, from elementary school to university students, to wear uniforms made by a company owned by one of his wives. [2] In response to this, students began protesting against Bokassa and by April 1979, the students and police "were practically in state of war". [ 4 ]
Cobra stew. Hallucinogenic root bark. KFC. These were favorite meals of some 20th-century dictators. In "Dictators' Dinners: A Bad Taste Guide to Entertaining Tyrants," Victoria Clark and Melissa ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 Field Marshal Idi Amin Amin shortly before addressing the United Nations General Assembly in 1975 3rd President of Uganda In office 25 January 1971 – 11 April 1979 Vice President Mustafa Adrisi Preceded by Milton Obote Succeeded by Yusuf Lule ...