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A dictator is a ruler who wields absolute authority. A state ruled by a dictator is called a dictatorship. The word originated as the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency (see Roman dictator and justitium).
Like the term "tyrant" (which was originally a respectable Ancient Greek title), and to a lesser degree "autocrat", "dictator" came to be used almost exclusively as a non-titular term for oppressive, even abusive rule, yet had rare modern titular use.
In modern usage, the term "dictator" is generally used to describe a leader who holds and/or abuses an extraordinary amount of personal power, especially the power to make laws without effective restraint by a legislative assembly. Dictatorships are often characterised by some of the following traits: suspension of elections and of civil liberties; proclamation of a state of emergency; rule by decree; repression of political opponents without abiding by rule of law procedures; these include one-party state, and cult of personality.
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel noˈɾjega]; born February 11, 1934) is a former Panamanian politician and military officer. He was military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989, when he was removed from power during the invasion of Panama.
From the 1950s until shortly before the U.S. invasion, Noriega worked closely with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Noriega was one of the CIA's most valued intelligence sources, as well as one of the primary conduits for illicit weapons, military equipment and cash destined for US-backed counterinsurgency forces throughout Central and South America. Noriega was also a major cocaine trafficker, something which his U.S. intelligence handlers were aware of for years, but allowed because of his usefulness for their covert military operations in Latin America.
In 1988, Noriega was indicted on drug trafficking charges in Miami, Florida, and shortly thereafter, in the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama he was removed from power, captured, detained as a prisoner of war, and flown to the United States. Noriega was tried on eight counts of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering in April 1992. On September 16, 1992, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison (which was later reduced to 30 years).
Pol Pot (/pɒl pɒt/; Khmer: ប៉ុល ពត; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998), born Saloth Sar (Khmer: សាឡុត ស), was a Cambodian revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until 1997. From 1963 to 1981, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. As such, he became the leader of Cambodia on 17 April 1975, when his forces captured Phnom Penh. From 1976 to 1979, he also served as the prime minister of Democratic Kampuchea.
He presided over a totalitarian dictatorship, in which his government made urban dwellers move to the countryside to work in collective farms and on forced labour projects. The combined effects of executions, strenuous working conditions, malnutrition and poor medical care caused the deaths of approximately 25 percent of the Cambodian population. In all, an estimated 1 to 3 million people (out of a population of slightly over 8 million) died due to the policies of his four-year premiership.
In 1979, after the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Pol Pot relocated to the jungles of southwest Cambodia, and the Khmer Rouge government collapsed. From 1979 to 1997, he and a remnant of the old Khmer Rouge operated near the border of Cambodia and Thailand, where they clung to power, with nominal United Nations recognition as the rightful government of Cambodia. Pol Pot died in 1998, while under house arrest by the Ta Mok faction of the Khmer Rouge. Since his death, rumours that he committed suicide or was poisoned have persisted.
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Maǧīd al-Tikrītī; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region—which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and socialism—Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup (later referred to as the 17 July Revolution) that brought the party to power in Iraq.
As vice president under the ailing General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and at a time when many groups were considered capable of overthrowing the government, Saddam created security forces through which he tightly controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces. In the early 1970s, Saddam nationalized oil and other industries. The state-owned banks were put under his control, leaving the system eventually insolvent mostly due to the Iran–Iraq War, the Gulf War, and UN sanctions. Through the 1970s, Saddam cemented his authority over the apparatuses of government as oil money helped Iraq's economy to grow at a rapid pace. Positions of power in the country were mostly filled with Sunni Arabs, a minority that made up only a fifth of the population.
How does a dictator live? What is daily life like for a monster in power? From when he wakes up to when he sleeps, what goes on in the life of someone who will decide the fate of millions of people? What are the mechanisms that lead an ambitious individual to a spiral of cruelty and excess? "A Day in the life of a dictator" offers an immersion into the intimate life of the most emblematic dictators of the 20th century during the bloody period of their reign: Joseph Stalin, Idi Amin Dada and Muammar Gaddafi. By Hendrick Dusollier https://www.facebook.com/hendrickdusollier.studiohdk More English documentary : Shark : Scavengers of the Seas - documentary BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1_sRg22ms Be a predator : Ocean - documentary BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvTSmVmcsZk B...
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World famous dictators possessed unlimited power: in their sever hands was the fate of not only the state but also of every person who lived in it, including the fate of their own children. Could we say that the tyranny of the fathers didn't affect their families, and that their children were swimming in rivers of money, love and understanding, while the country was drowning in rivers of blood? Let's see. Here are five children of dictators and their unenviable fate.
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Like all continents, Africa has had its share of brutal dictators. In the future we plan to look at the worst dictators of every continent, except Australia and Antarctica, but for now though we’ve put together a list of the 5 worst African dictators. SUBSCRIBE to Top Lists: http://bit.ly/1L6oSup 10 Things You SHOULD Do If you Win The Lottery - http://bit.ly/1Sjvga0 10 Lost Treasures You Can Still Find - http://bit.ly/1jONktk 5 Disturbing 4chan Posts - http://bit.ly/1NGZyjR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1KFduoO Follow Top Lists on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1OzsRG5 5 Worst African Dictators
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10 Craziest Dictators Powers corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely! In the case of these dictators it also made them go totally crazy. From building an ice palace in the desert, to having one of the largest porn collections in the world or feeding your political rivals to crocodiles, it all features in our list of totalitarian tyrants. Find out what else they have done with the 10 craziest dictators. Top 10 Dumbest Weapons Ever Created - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPONsAwI-i0 Music = Ready To Fight by Ceiri Torjussen. Click to Subscribe.. http://bit.ly/WTVC4x 10. Jean-Bédel Bokassa (Central African Republic - 1976 to 1979) Bokassa bankrupted his country by spending one third of the national budget on his own coronation, a replica of Napoleon's 19th century inauguratio...
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Dictators - Full Concert Recorded Live: 7/30/1977 - Winterland (San Francisco, CA) More Dictators at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.com Subscribe to Music Vault: http://goo.gl/DUzpUF Setlist: 0:00:00 - Science Gone Too Far! 0:03:26 - The Next Big Thing 0:08:14 - Young, Fast, Scientific 0:11:59 - Weekend 0:16:35 - Hey Boys 0:20:24 - Steppin' Out 0:26:34 - Master Race Rock 0:31:19 - Disease 0:42:03 - Two Tub Man 0:50:29 - Search and Destroy Personnel: Andy Shernoff - vocals, keyboards Handsome Dick Manitoba - lead vocals Ross Friedman - lead guitar Scott Kempner - guitar Mark Mendoza - bass Stu King - drums Summary: The Dictators are another example of unsung heroes from the early punk movement that never got the respect and recognition they deserved. Although they were considered ...
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