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According to journalist Glenn Greenwald, American diplomat Henry Kissinger initiated the U.S.'s arms-for-petrodollars program for the autocratic governments of Saudi Arabia and pre-1979 Iran, supported coups and death squads throughout Latin America, and supported Indonesian dictator and close U.S. ally Suharto.
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the Soviet Union during the period of Joseph Stalin's rule was a "modern example" of a totalitarian state, being among "the first examples of decentralized or popular totalitarianism, in which the state achieved overwhelming popular support for its leadership."
Latin America: 1968–1978, 1984–1988† United States: Moncef Bey: Bey of Tunis: Tunisia: 1943–1948† French Algeria France: Maximiliano Hernández Martínez: President of El Salvador El Salvador: 1944–1966† Honduras: Jorge Ubico: President of Guatemala Guatemala: 1944–1946† United States: Isaías Medina Angarita: President of ...
Coverage of Miguel Diaz-Canel’s visit to Iran has been almost exclusively viewed through the prism of economic engagement. This includes the Miami Herald’s Dec. 7 story Cuba leader meets Iran ...
Given the stakes for our democracy in the 2024 election, it’s worth considering why Trump continually praises dictators and who he is trying to reach with his incendiary rhetoric, writes ...
Scroll through the gallery below to learn more about 22 brutal dictators that you may not of heard of: More from Business Insider: 7 charts that show why the tit for tat over crumbs in the South ...
British journalist Gideon Rachman described Vladimir Putin as "the archetype and the model" for modern political strongmen. [1]In politics, a strongman is a type of authoritarian political leader—civilian or military—who exerts control through military enforcement and has, or has claimed to have, strong popular support.
Representative government has been a luxury that relatively few people have enjoyed throughout human history.