Word: dictatorship
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...Left dilemma was posed anew by the military takeover in Chile. As the dictatorship fastens its hold on the country, as the generals with the sunglasses issue orders for more executions, the debate that has divided the Chilean Left in recent years will flare up once again on a world scale, just as it has so many times before in this century...
...least 100 armed carabineros−Chile's paramilitary police−jumped out of buses and double-timed across the square. Their mission, according to the secret order of the day, was "to restore institutional normality" in South America's most democratic nation and "stop a disastrous dictatorship from installing itself...
...only South Vietnam. And after Allende took office, the military aid, which he left alone because of the 1970 pledge, continued after other U.S. aid and loans were cut off. By strengthening a conservative and powerful sector of Chilean society, the U.S. is ultimately responsible for the present military dictatorship whether CIA agents shot at Allende...
...father. At an early age, he chose a military career. As a military observer in Europe in the late '30s and early '40s, he became spellbound by both Hitler and Mussolini. After meeting Hitler, Perón wrote: "As in Germany, our future will be an inflexible dictatorship." When il Duce died, he said: "Mussolini was the greatest man of our century...
...vote in the relatively free presidential election of 1971, was a constant critic of Park's subsequent takeover of all government powers. He seemed to regard himself as his country's edition of Charles de Gaulle-inexile, saying he was "the sole South Korean voice speaking against dictatorship and for freedom." Adding to the speculation of Park's involvement was the memory of a previous incident in 1967 when the Korean CIA abducted 22 Korean dissenters in Europe and brought them home to face trial for treason...