dictatorship

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He had been lauded for his prominent role in Spain's tricky transition to democracy after the 36-year dictatorship of Francisco Franco ended with the general's death in 1975.

From Barron's

Atwood reflects: "Theocratic dictatorships do not lie only in the distant past: There are a number of them on the planet today. What is to prevent the United States from becoming one of them?"

From Salon

The small Balkan country’s post World War II communist dictatorship reveled in massive defensive works; the countryside is still littered with the crumbling remains of 175,000 concrete mini-bunkers — again built to stop imaginary invaders.

From Seattle Times

After World War II, under a military dictatorship, Venezuela was pumping out oil and frantically building up its cities.

From New York Times

Belarus needs all the help it can get in the struggle to be free of a Kremlin-owned dictatorship that is putting it at the front lines of the war in Ukraine.

From Washington Post