dictator
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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
The dictator also recently boarded a warship to observe sea-to-surface cruise missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
“The House of the Spirits” spans half a century, including the coup that replaced a socialist president with a military dictator, based on Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet, respectively, though neither are ever named.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
When the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu came to the UK in 1978, a memo from then-Foreign Secretary David Owen asked: "Who agreed to this visit? Did I? If I did, I regret it."
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
He had not been much help to the dictator in that regard, since he and Dona Belen had never had any children.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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