# Dictator

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# Nicaragua

Two more potential Ortega challengers detained in Nicaragua

This is the fourth potential presidential candidate to be arrested ahead of elections this year.

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Jun 9th 2021, 7:32 AM

# Done Deal

Mussolini's great-grandson signs first pro contract with Lazio

The teenager has already played in the club’s youth side.

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Mar 23rd 2021, 6:27 PM

# Dictator

Spanish Supreme Court approves exhumation of Franco's remains

The ruling has been hailed as “a great victory for Spanish democracy” by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

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Sep 24th 2019, 4:18 PM

# Panama

Manuel Noriega, infamous dictator toppled by US army, dies aged 83

Noriega ruled the Central American country of Panama between 1983 and 1989 before being deposed by a US military invasion.

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May 30th 2017, 7:15 AM

# Belarus

Europe's 'last dictator' re-elected after saying his main rival shouldn't win because she's a woman

Western sanctions in the country, imposed over rights abuse allegations, might soon be lifted.

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Oct 12th 2015, 10:45 AM

# creating the cult

Lenin, Stalin and 'The Myth of the Beloved Leader'

New exhibition in Russia shows how the two former leaders used the cult of personality to their advantage.

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May 10th 2014, 10:15 AM

# Protest

Video: Pakistani lawyer throws shoe at Musharraf in court

The shoe was thrown at the ex-dictator as he walked to a courtroom to extend his bail on charges of conspiracy to murder and sacking judges.

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Mar 29th 2013, 10:06 AM

# Russia

Descendants of Stalin officials bear witness to his 'mission'

Theatrical show in a Moscow human rights’ museum is shedding light on those who imposed the brutal will of the Russian dictator.

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Mar 10th 2013, 7:45 AM

# Dictatorship

Pinochet will leaves everything to his family

The family had requested the document remain private, but investigators are trying to find what happened to around €20 million the dictator had hidden away before he died.

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Jul 4th 2012, 7:30 PM

# Dictator

Mugabe says he is "fit as a fiddle" and compares himself to Jesus

The Zimbabwean president, speaking on his 88th birthday, also gave tips on how to live a long life.

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Feb 21st 2012, 2:00 PM

# Panama

Ex-dictator Noriega extradited to Panama to finish sentence

Noriega has been extradited by France to face charges of embezzlement and murder in his home country.

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Dec 12th 2011, 2:05 PM

# Nando's

Nando's pulls 'dictator' ads following complaints

The controversial South African ad depicted Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe as ‘the last dictator standing’, and was pulled following protests from his country.

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Dec 2nd 2011, 11:45 AM

# Stalin

Stalin's daughter who defected to the US dies aged 85

Lana Peters, as she became known, defected to the US in 1967 at the height of Cold War tensions.

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Nov 29th 2011, 11:53 AM

LIVE

North Korea founder's birthday is celebrated - 17 years after his death

Kim Il Sung would have turned 99 today and the “Day of the Sun” remains the country’s most important national holiday.

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Apr 15th 2011, 2:14 PM

# Haiti

'Baby Doc' Duvalier arrested by Haitian authorities

Former dictator accused of embezzlement and human rights abuses to be shown the file being brought against him by Haitian prosecutors.

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Jan 18th 2011, 6:56 PM

# Haiti

Notorious Haitian dictator returns to "help" country's people

Jean-Claude Duvalier was ousted in revolt in 1986 after he and his father presided over brutal regime reinforced by deadly private militia, the Tonton Macoutes.

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Jan 17th 2011, 12:26 PM

# North Korea

The new face of North Korea?

Reports and new pictures of the son – and heir apparent – of Kim Jong-Il suggest he may have had plastic surgery to look more like his grandfather, founder of North Korea

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Oct 5th 2010, 2:50 PM

# Ceausescu

Ex-dictator and dead wife exhumed in Romania

Remains of Romania’s former leader Ceausescu dug up.

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Jul 21st 2010, 3:05 PM