Topic
Dictatorship
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President Yahya Jammeh: The Worst Dictator You’ve Never Heard Of | Provocateurs | OZY
Welcome to the Gambia, home to one of the most vicious and bizarre dictatorships in the world. Since taking power in a 1994 coup, President Yahya Jammeh has ruled Africa…
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From Cradle to Grave, the U.S. Protected Jean-Claude Duvalier
By Fran QuigleyIn February of 2013, I stood in a sweaty, overcrowded Port-au-Prince courtroom and watched as Jean-Claude Duvalier answered questions about hundreds of his political opponents being arrested,…
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The Germ Theory of Democracy, Dictatorship, and Your Cherished Beliefs – Pacific Standard: The Science of Society
One morning last fall, the evolutionary biologist Randy Thornhill was standing with me in front of the gorilla enclosure at the Albuquerque zoo. He was explaining a new theory about…
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Kim Jong Un ‘elected’ with 100% of the vote
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) With no one else on the ballot, state media reported Monday that supreme leader Kim Jong Un was not only elected to the highest legislative body…
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At The New York Times, Still Shilling For Castro Manhattan Contrarian
Literally everybody with a pulse in the world today knows about the extent of the repression in Cuba, and that tourists are shown a fake patina that is not representative…
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North Korean Blood Feud is Richard III with Nukes – The Daily Beast
Why did Kim have Jang killed? It may have been personal. Jang introduced Kim to his eventual wife, Ri Sol Ju. According to a growing number of accounts, Jang also…
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I AM A DICTATOR. | The Belly of the Beast
Some people think that law professors are boring. A dean in Cleveland is proving them wrong.via thelawyerbubble.comYikes.
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Hugo Chavez and Friends Maimon Schwarzschild
Hugo Chavez is consolidating his thuggish dictatorship in Venezuela. There will soon be a "referendum" - conducted at gunpoint - on a new Constitution that will make Chavez President-for-Life. Ed…