dictatorship
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It leaves ordinary Venezuelans—the millions who have fled the depredations of the dictatorship and those stuck at home—no better off.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 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
Former senator Brian Burston accused Hanson of running a "dictatorship" when he quit in 2018.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
A crowd into the tens of thousands gathered in Buenos Aires on Tuesday to mark 50 years since Argentina's military ushered in years of dictatorship with a coup on March 24, 1976.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Mami looks past the crowd at Papi, over there happily exchanging dictatorship stories with the other men.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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