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Suharto, Indonesia's longtime dictator, embezzled up to $35 billion from his country. Idi Amin 's official title while in office as President of Uganda was 'His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire ...
The word dictator comes from the Latin word dictātor, agent noun from dictare (say repeatedly, assert, order). [4] [5] A dictator was a Roman magistrate given sole power for a limited duration. Originally an emergency legal appointment in the Roman Republic and the Etruscan culture, the term dictator did not have the negative meaning it has ...
The power structures of dictatorships vary, and different definitions of dictatorship consider different elements of this structure. Political scientists such as Juan José Linz and Samuel P. Huntington identify key attributes that define the power structure of a dictatorship, including a single leader or a small group of leaders, the exercise of power with few limitations, limited political ...
The widespread fear that Trump will actually be a dictator, however, is misplaced. If Trump wins the 2024 election, American democracy might be suspended, at least temporarily.
After lashing out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week and falsely labeling him "dictator," President Donald Trump dodged Friday when asked if he would apply the same description ...
The U.S. president was asked directly if he would call Putin a "dictator" -- as he did with Zelenskyy last week. Trump notably declined to do so. "I don't use those words lightly," Trump responded.
According to an October 2024 poll held by ABC News and Ipsos, 49% of American registered voters considered Trump to be a fascist, [b] defined in the poll as "a political extremist who seeks to act as a dictator, disregards individual rights and threatens or uses force against their opponents", while 23% considered Kamala Harris to be a fascist. [1]
"A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left." Zelenskyy canceled an election that was set for spring 2024, arguing it could not be held in ...