Dictators of the World

Well, now that I have a little time on my hands, I realize I let my beloved dictator blog … uh … lapse a little bit. OK. More than a decade....

I know, I know. I've been gone a while. OK! Four months. But I just needed to take a moment to pop in to say yes, I still receive and re...

In a move that startled absolutely nobody, Venezuelan caudillo Hugo Chávez has bestowed Venezuela's highest honor , The Order of the ...

I know what you're thinking: only seven ? Well, I didn't pick the list. Esquire magazine did. Why does a magazine devoted to women,...

Voters in Venezuela say no to Hugo Chávez's bid to become president for life , fueling speculation if the one time military coupster wil...

I apologize for falling somewhat behind on DotW . I've been busy out there in the real world, and should have time for blogging again ve...

Someone forgot to tell Hugo that "fascist" is a real word with a real meaning in Spain, and who better to remind him than the king...

HOT: Pervez Musharraf ( Pakistan ) The general has been down so long , that anything looks like up to him. So when Musharraf declared mart...

You may have all noticed by now that most dictators are very, very fond of commissioning ridiculous, self-aggrandizing monuments. from Nicol...

Fans of King of the Hill will recall that feisty family patriarch Cotton Hill is forever trying to raise a few bucks selling, what he clai...

Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir , better known as the architect of the Darfur nightmare , has a message for all you Western busybodies : W...

Venezuelan caudillo Hugo Chávez has told Spanish pop star Alejandro Sanz , not in my house, motherfucker ! In 2004, Sanz told a reporter...

Ladies and gentlemen, DotW readers, meet Bobby Egan of Hackensack, New Jersey . Bobby is the owner of Cubby's Barbecue Restaurant , a...

The dictator of Belarus , Alexandr Lukashenko , made the news recently for his bizarre comments on Jews, both within Belarus and without. Co...

It's an old story, sure - but since it's an otherwise slow news day for dictator updates, DotW would be remiss if we didn't rev...

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is reportedly seeing red after ingrates demolished a pricey glass statue dedicated to the deader-than-a-d...

Do recognize the unassuming young man in the picture? No? What if I told you his name - Iosef Dzugashvili. Does that help? No? What if I tol...

While not a dictator, French mercenary Bob Denard was responsible for no fewer than eight military coup d'etats, including a mindblowing...

Watching three plus hours of Venezuelan autocrat Hugo Chávez's television call in show Aló, Presidente would bore men stronger and y...

Yes Uncle Joe, things are looking up for Dictators of the World ! We've gone from a measly eighth ranking in a Google search for "...