Word: dictatorship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...criticized the tyrannical use of "political trials" in countries under dictatorship, looking back on the days when she and other Pakistanis fought for freedom and democracy...
...Around the world democracy is on the march," Bhutto told the more than 15,000 people gathered in the Tercentenary Theatre. "In the last decade, Pakistan is only the most recent course from dictatorship to democracy. But we must be realistic. We must realize that democracy, particularly emerging democracy, can be fragile...
Throughout the speech, Bhutto pointed to her experiences in Pakistan, praising international response to the dictatorship which her regime succeeds. Bhutto was elected prime minister in December, four months after the sudden death of General Mohammad...
Noting that Pakistan, like many other countries, came to democracy from a dictatorship which had left little money, Bhutto also suggested that a such an association could ensure that new democracies receive foreign...
...plunged them into a devastating war with Iraq and left a legacy of turbulence at home and terrorism abroad. To his people, the patriarch with the baleful dark eyes and white beard had been the heart and sword of their revolution, the icon of implacable opposition -- first to the dictatorship of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and then to the U.S., which the Ayatullah relentlessly denounced as the Great Satan...