Dictators of the World

I realize that I'm in no position to talk , especially considering the nature of my blog, but here goes: I'm starting to get sick of...

Suppose you're a dictator of a poor country - a nation with the sixth lowest per capita gross domestic product on earth, to be precise...

South Korean intelligence sources have joined Japanese and Chinese diplomats to deny rumors printed by a Japanese press agency claiming th...

Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov appears to be doing something unusual for a dictator: lowering his public profile . Professor Olim Hasanov at...

Miami, Florida's large Cuban-American population is preparing for Fidel Castro's imminent demise - with a party. The Miami Herald...

Can you tell which man is Eritrean dictator Isaias Afewerki , and which man is Oprah Winfrey's long time boyfriend Steadman Graham ?

The streets of Conakry roiled with rioting as Guineans took to the streets to demand the resignation of their dictator of 23 years, Lansan...

Since I've started recording this blog's statistics , I came to the pleasantly unexpected realization that people are reading this b...

What's left in life for a retired Central American dictator when he's 81 years old? Why, running for congress , of course. Former Gu...

Prisoner 38699-079 will be resuming use of his real name in 2007. According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons , former Panamanian dict...

... fuck you too, Hugo Chavez . That's "Meester Greengos, SIR" to you, pal. This latest boorish outburst is nothing new, howe...

It wasn't so long ago that Venezuelan autocrat Hugo Chavez alleged that rumors of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's imminent demise ...

The single most important element in any dictatorship is the ability to rule by executive decree without the interference of a legislative ...

Do you have a deep seated desire to denounce the Gang of Four ? Do you have trouble remembering the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Poin...

Cuban dictator Fidel Castro continues to display his downright saucy disregard for dead pool bettors everywhere. Since poor health forced...

It looks like the end may be nearing for Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe . Fed up with a ruined economy , the director of Zimbabwe's ...

Belarusian dictator Alexsandr Lukashenko , known as " the last dictator in Europe ", has long known that absolute power is laden ...

Is it too soon for Germans to milk Adolf Hitler for laughs? Not according to the producers of a new German comedy film to be called Mein F...

As Dictators of the World wraps up its first year, what were the hottest trends among the world's autocrats in 2006? PRISON This was the...

Checkmate. Saddam Hussein is dead at age 69. "The Butcher of Baghdad" was hung before dawn, and will be buried next to his late,...