dictatorship

His case is one of the most striking examples of how the Pinochet dictatorship dealt with its enemies.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Balliu told AFP his father kept all the property titles for the land confiscated by the communist regime, despite the risks posed by the former dictatorship for keeping such documents.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The contemporary Falangist movement in Spain explicitly borrows its name and iconography from Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

“Brazil was in the midst of the dictatorship; they had to somehow generate some sort of national pride,” says Ramos.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Now that the dictatorship had been toppled, he had become interested in his country's fate again.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

But at the same time, even under the cruelest dictatorships, it has still managed to produce fine literature.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

The Eritrean leader has ruled his country since it first gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, and has since consolidated power to create one of the world’s most repressive dictatorships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

The United Fruit Company owned over 550,000 acres of Guatemalan land, largely thanks to its deals with previous dictatorships.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026

The United Fruit Company, based in Boston, owned more than 550,000 acres of Guatemalan land, largely thanks to its deals with previous dictatorships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

I would have consented to live under the most rigid type of dictatorship, for I felt that dictatorships, too, defined the use of men, however degrading that use might be.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright