dictatorship
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His case is one of the most striking examples of how the Pinochet dictatorship dealt with its enemies.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“It was a dictatorship at the door,” Andy Warhol once quipped, “and a democracy on the floor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It represented the “dangerousness” of nonconformists that the dictatorship fears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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
He read about the history of the Korean Peninsula, the reputation of the Kim family dictatorship, and his country’s status as an international pariah.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
“In 5,000 years, if you look back, there have been dictatorships, monarchies, autocrats, republics. Nothing is newer or more modern.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But at the same time, even under the cruelest dictatorships, it has still managed to produce fine literature.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
If books are an answer to dictatorships — and as strong as “an organization packed with spooks and paramilitaries who fought in warzones” — it would be inspiring to see more of that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said RFE/RL, based in Prague, "is one of the few credible sources in dictatorships like Iran, Belarus, and Afghanistan".
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
Consider: The United States has been instrumental in the overthrow of truly genocidal dictatorships.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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