Word: dictatorship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lesson of our dilemma is clear. If we had done something about Somoza's corrupt dictatorship in 1974 or 1977, we would not be where we are in 1987. Instead of taking prompt, intelligent action as soon as the dictator discredited himself, our leadership putzed. Now only two unpleasant alternatives remain. The situation is an echo of what happened in Iran, In Cambodia and in Cuba...
Hours before the Santiago rally, the Pontiff visited Santiago's La Bandera slum, where Luisa Rivera, one of 600,000 people who gathered for the occasion, told him, "We want a dignified life without dictatorship." Replied John Paul: "Today has deeply affected my spirit." Earlier in the day the Pontiff had paid a 42-minute visit to Pinochet at La Moneda, the 182-year-old presidential palace. Details of the conversation were sparse, but a Vatican source said the Pope planned to urge Pinochet to forsake violence and allow democratic elections...
...constitution should preclude another dictatorship like that of the Duvaliers, which after 29 years in power was overthrown 14 months ago. If all goes according to plan, the current military council will disband next February and turn over power to an elected President who will share power with a Prime Minister. Both will be answerable to a 97-member legislature. Governing under such a system will no doubt be difficult. But most Haitians agree it is essential in a country where the legend of the Duvaliers is more terrifying than the spirits of the dead...
...grenades into their midst. Thick clouds of blinding fumes soon routed the protesters, sending them gasping and reeling. One band of Buddhist monks were gassed and shoved as they tried to enter their temple. Chanted several gray- robed monks as they were driven back: "Restore democracy! Overthrow the dictatorship...
...students, especially the radical hard-liners. On every side, demands are growing that President Chun Doo Hwan reform a regime that, while not nearly as repressive as Communist North Korea's, stifles dissent and tortures and imprisons political opponents. In frequent demonstrations, university students have demanded an end to dictatorship when Chun, a former general who seized power in 1980, fulfills a pledge to step down next February. The students' aim is nothing less than to bring what they consider democracy to a country that is rapidly becoming an economic power while remaining politically mired in the autocratic traditions...