Dictators of the World

And now, because of overwhelming demand by Dictators of the World readers, here's a photo of Russia's authoritarian president Vlad...

Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf still can't seem to catch a break. Indeed, since the creation of Dictators of the World , I haven...

Zimbabwe's octogenarian dictator Robert Mugabe has, apparently , decided that the current smoldering ruins of his nation's economy...

The eldest son of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il , Kim Jong-nam , is rumored to have returned to North Korea from exile in China - a s...

Rumors swirled this week that the Cuban government would finally announce the death of longtime caudillo Fidel Castro . Frantic phone cal...

Dictators of the World will be on hiatus until August 27th while I vacation in lovely, crime free Rhode Island. In the meantime, please vis...

The military dictator of Fiji , Commodore Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama , today announced his intention to hold free elections in Ma...

Cuban caudillo Fidel Castro celebrated his 81st birthday yesterday , to the apparent yawning indifference of most of the world. Granted, ...

Just when you think Hugo Chávez's " Bolivarian Revolution " in Venezuela can't get any weirder, it does. Courtesy of The ...

Just how many millions of his countrymen does a dictator have to murder these days before he's reviled by his subjects? The late Soviet ...

Pakistani strongman General Pervez Musharraf , has reportedly backed away from his threat to declare a state of emergency after a 17 minut...

Most people draw a blank when asked which African leader has ruled for the longest period of time. Was it Mobutu Sese Seko ? No. Colonel Mua...

He's back! North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il has made five, count them, five, consecutive public appearances for the first time since...

The Danish collective known as Surrend have made an art form out of an interesting idea. How do you criticize dictators right under their ...

Dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus says that he will be cracking down on unregulated internet usage in Belarus , in a move pro-democ...

With the death of Turkmenistan's dictator Saparmurat Niazov , Uzbekistan has moved up to the head of the class to become the most repr...

It wasn't supposed to be this way, was it? Since the death of Saparmurat Niazov , Turkmenistan's new president Gurbanguly Berdimuha...

Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi has reportedly provided a full presidential pardon to 38 people, alternately described as " oppositi...

Yesterday marked the 54th anniversary of the beginning of the revolution that brought dictator Fidel Castro into power in Cuba . Yesterday ...

The government of Spain is having a hard time with caudillo Francisco Franco nearly 32 years after his death in 1975. Spanish prime mini...