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Backed by the United States
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Dictators backed by the United States (or, as some have called them, “Friendly Dictators“) often rise to power through bloody CIA-backed coups and rule by terror and torture. Their troops may receive training or advice from the CIA and other U.S. agencies. “Anti-communism” is their common battle cry and a common excuse for political repression.
Friendly Dictators usually grow rich, while their countries’ economies go down the drain. U.S. tax dollars and U.S. backed loans have made billionaires of some; others are international drug dealers who also collect CIA paychecks. Rarely are they called to account for their crimes.
- Chiang Kai-Shek, President of Taiwan
- Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea
- Park Chung Hee, President of South Korea
- Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam
- Mohammed Zia Ul-Haq, President of Pakistan
- Halie Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia
- Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
- P. W. Botha, President of South Africa
- General Samuel Doe, President of Liberia
- Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire
- Hassan Ii, King of Morocco
- Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines
- Sir Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei
- General Sitiveni Rabuka, Commander of the Armed Forces of Fiji
- General Suharto, President of Indonesia
- Mohammad Reza Pahlevi, Shah of Iran, King of Kings
- Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq
- Antonio De Oliveira Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal
- General Francisco Franco, President of Spain
- Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany
- George Papadopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece
- Turgut Ozal, Prime Minister of Turkey
- Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba
- Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic
- François & Jean Claude Duvalier, Presidents-for-Life of Haiti
- Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez, General of El Salvador
- Alfredo Cristiani, President of El Salvador
- Anastasio Somoza, Sr. and Jr., Presidents of Nicaragua
- Sr. And Jr., General Efrain Rios Mont, Presidents of Guatemala
- Vinicio Cerezo, President of Guatemala
- Carlos Castillo Armas, President of Guatemala
- Roberto Suazo Cordova, President of Honduras
- General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Defense forces, Panama
- General Humberto Branco, President of Brazil
- Colonel Hugo Banzer, President of Bolivia
- General Jorge Rafael Videla, President of Argentina
- Alfredo Stroessner, President-for-Life of Paraguay
- General Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile
Others
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- Hirohito
- Takugawa
- Jiang Zemin
- Musharraf
- Zai Ul-Haq
- King Fahd
- Nicholas the Great
- Catherine the Great
- George Papadopoulos
References
- Friendly Dictators Index