repressive

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Levine Cava, the Miami-Dade mayor, said her Venezuelan constituents—Miami has the largest Venezuelan exile community in the U.S.—fear returning to a country where the same repressive regime remains in power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Iran is consistently ranked as one of the most repressive countries in the world for press freedom.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The Southeast Asian nation of 100 million is both an economic success story, boasting eight percent growth last year, and a repressive one-party state that often jails its critics.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

She reminisces on a childhood growing up in a repressive household during the 1960s, when second-wave feminism and the women’s liberation movement were just starting to achieve legitimacy.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

But Diem’s government had become increasingly corrupt and repressive.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge