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El Salvador's President Jokes That He's a Dictator. But Maybe He Is?
After worrying tweets about military power and extending his term, Nayib Bukele changed his profile picture to a Sacha Baron Cohen character from the film "The Dictator."
Inside the Weird, Opulent World of Turkmenistan’s Dentist-DJ Dictator
“This is a repressive, totalitarian regime that doesn’t care about what the United Nations or the rest of the world may think of it.”
What Ever Happened to Imelda Marcos’ 3,000 Pairs of Shoes?
If there’s one thing the world knows about the Philippines’ infamous First Lady, it’s that she can’t say “no” to a pair of shoes. But where are they now?
Duterte is "old" and needs “to rest” after killing all those drug suspects
Duterte plans to step down early, two years before his six-year term ends.
North Korea Threw a Massive Cooking Competition to Celebrate Kim Jong-Il's Birthday
There ain't no party like a brutally authoritarian despot’s birthday party, because a brutally authoritarian despot’s birthday party don’t stop.
Trudeau defends Castro tribute, calls him a dictator
The prime minister was criticized for having delivered a glowing tribute of the former Cuban leader upon his death.
Blackout: Inside Belarus, Europe's Last Dictatorship
VICE News visits Belarus, the last European dictatorship, where President Lukashenko’s government has engaged in a campaign of censorship to intimidate journalists and suppress independent media.
Pinochet Considered Killing His Own Spy Chief to Cover Up 1976 Washington DC Car-Bombing
Documents released this week described the 1976 bombing that assassinated ex Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier as the 'only clear case of state-supported terrorism' to occur in the US capital.
France Investigates Syrian Regime For Crimes Against Humanity
The investigation will be centered on 45,000 photographs showing the mutilated bodies of detainees tortured and executed inside Syrian government prisons.
After 25 Years, Former Chad Dictator Accused of Killing 40,000 Goes on Trial
Former Chad dictator Hissène Habré stands accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and torture committed during his brutal eight-year rule.
Former Dictator of Guatemala Ruled Mentally Unfit to Face Retrial for War Crimes
Efrain Rios Montt had already been convicted in 2013 of ordering the brutal slaughter of indigenous Guatemalans in the military's scorched earth counterinsurgency campaigns between 1982 and 1983.
Robert Mugabe Wants to Eat a Lion for His Birthday
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will celebrate his 91st birthday this month in style, blowing out the candles on a feast of two elephants, two buffalo, two sables, five impalas, and a lion worth $120,000 in total.