autocratic

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A 2006 Times investigation detailed how dozens of former associates and workers left the UFW because of what they described as Chavez’s increasingly autocratic ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

In Tehran and beyond, residents worry they will be left with a devastated country and the same autocratic rulers as before the war began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The party was already highly secretive before Xi took power in 2012, but his tilt toward autocratic rule has made Chinese politics even more opaque and sparked a resurgence in Pekingology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Yunus has pushed a reform charter for democratic change he says is designed to prevent a return to autocratic one-party rule.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

The Housing Authority was headed by a former cotton mill executive named Carvie Oldham, who ran public housing with the same autocratic and ruthless style that had marked his tenure in the mill.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson