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rman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:36 AM
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Latin American dictators usually get support from the US.
These dictators usually replaced populist, democratically elected leaders, who were removed by coup or assasination.

Friendly Dictator Index - South America
http://home.iprimus.com.au/korob/fdtcards/SouthAmerica.html

Friendly Dictator Index - Central America
http://home.iprimus.com.au/korob/fdtcards/CentralAmerica.html


Which is perfectly in line with US "Official Doctrine":
US State Dept. docs : "3rd world a source of raw material to be exploited"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4462293&mesg_id=4462293
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hwmnbn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:39 AM
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1. Right Wing dictators only.........eom
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rman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:42 AM
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2. Name some Latin American left-wing dictators,
Edited on Sun Aug-28-05 12:42 AM by rman
"dictator" as in "not democratically elected".
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:47 AM
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4. Castro...
... but, then, we all sort of take that for granted.
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 12:45 AM
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3. Precisely
Real-world definition of dictator: one ruling absolutely and often oppressively

Republican definition of dictator: any leader, regardless of their politics, who refuses to sell their country out to US interests
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 02:38 AM
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5. proof positive that Chavez was democratically elected n/t
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