dictatorship
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Protests also erupted in the 1960s over the participation of Spain under dictator General Francisco Franco, and Portugal under the dictatorship of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
In 1981 I learned the difference at ground level between dictatorship and totalitarianism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Wood said he read “The House of the Spirits” for the first time when he was 15 or 16 in 1983, under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, which Allende had fled eight years prior.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
In almost every movie about life under a dictatorship, there is a scene where the security services order someone to “show me your papers.”
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
They apply to the organization of entire countries: remember the perennial arguments about whether the best form of government is a benign dictatorship, a federal system, or an anarchical free-for-all.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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