Dictator Dominoes

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Baby Doc Tries to Do Good

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2011 In a transformation befitting of Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol,” Haiti’s former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, now back in his homeland after years in exile, wants to lay his hands on millions of dollars, he says, to help rebuild his catastrophe-ridden homeland. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Tale of Two Dictators

Barry Lando / Truthdig Jan 21, 2011 There's a certain irony in the fact that as one bloody, corrupt dictator headed off to ignominious exile, thousands of miles away another returned. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Lives of Dictators

William Pfaff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2011 Dictators do not usually die in bed. Successful retirement is always a problem for them, and few solve it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tunisian Revolution Shakes, Inspires Middle East

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 18, 2011 Every state and movement in the Middle East is reading into the events in Tunisia its own anxieties and aspirations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Burmese Polls Close

Staff / Truthdig Nov 8, 2010 The polls may have closed in Burma after the military junta-ruled country hosted its first elections in 20 years, but those waiting for significant change may have to wait a bit longer: The country's main opposition party has boycotted the “democratic” contest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Romanians Dig for Ceausescu’s DNA

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2010 Who's buried in Nicolae Ceausescu's grave? Some inquiring Romanians, including Valentin Ceausescu, the sole surviving son of the European nation's late dictator, would like to find out with the magic of DNA testing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Dirty War’ Dictator Goes on Trial

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2010 A former military dictator of Argentina is on trial again. Gen. Jorge Videla, who helped lead the country's "Dirty War" of state terror in the late 1970s and early 1980s, is one of more than 20 defendants being tried for the 1976 murders of 31 jailed dissidents. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Burma’s Quick-Change Artists

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2010 As the military in Burma prepares to replace itself with a civilian government, as per new regulations in the country's 2008 constitution, the generals of the ruling junta are shedding their military ranks and -- voilà! -- transforming themselves into respectable civilian politicians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sacha Baron Cohen Bags Big Money to Play Deposed Dictator

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2010 "Deadline Hollywood" proprietress Nikki Finke and her poached Variety scribe Mike Fleming reported, via "Deadline New York" on Friday, that Sacha Baron Cohen, who scored with "Borat" but stumbled with "Brüno," has wooed Paramount to back his newest comedy vehicle (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America Performs Its Familiar Role of Propping Up a Dictator

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Nov 7, 2009 Could there be a more accurate description of the Barack Obama-Gordon Brown message of congratulations to the fraudulently elected Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan? Now we have the venal, corrupt, sectarian Karzai in power after a poll far more ambitiously rigged than the Iranian version, and – yup, we love him dearly.Could there be a more accurate description of the Barack Obama-Gordon Brown message of congratulations to the fraudulently elected Hamid Karzai? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Meet Josef Stalin, ‘Competent Manager’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2009 Is Vladimir Putin's dictator chic to blame for Josef Stalin's makeover? The Soviet tyrant who presided over the suffering of millions and helped launch World War II has been rebranded as a "competent manager" and, if Moscow's deserted Gulag Museum is any indication, Russians appear to be lapping it up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )