A Bittersweeet Demise for a Dictator
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Although many Chileans celebrated the death of Augusto Pinochet, human rights activists lamented that he was never put on trial for his atrocities
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One from the heart, âSalvador Allendeâ is a plaintive look back at the rise and violent fall of the worldâs first democratically elected Marxist president.
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Monday was a memorable day. The system was thrown into confusion. At the Social Democrat Party (PSD), the bitter pill of losing the presidency caused gloomy visions.
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Paul Mwesigwa was a child during the  rule of Idi Amin, Uganda's former dictator, and like many of  his countrymen he finds it hard to write off Africa's most  notorious leader as a total villain.
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An eyewitness account indicates that a death may have been especially tragic.
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Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, one of the world's most notorious military dictators, died Sunday in Santiago a week after suffering a heart attack.
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Gen. Augusto Pinochet, once the all-powerful dictator of Chile, is a lonely man nowadays.
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Former dictator who held an iron grip on Indonesia for 32 years, dies of multiple organ failure
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A crumbling African state with a fabulous fortune in oil, a murderous dictator accused of cannibalism, and a planned coup allegedly involving Sir Mark Thatcher and mercenaries led by a former SAS officer.
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THE death of Philippine movie star and defeated presidential candidate Fernando Poe has drawn some political backlash, with some people seeking to use his sudden demise as a platform to attack President Gloria Arroyo.
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Â· Broadcast from France aims at return to power Â· Former dictator blamed for thousands of deaths
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As Ukraine's ex-President Leonid Kuchma settles into a comfortable retirement, his future is in the hands of some of his fiercest political enemies, who accuse him of misdeeds ranging from corruption to ordering the murder of a journalist.
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For many in Thailand, it was a clash between two images: an arrogant prime minister who hates to lose, and a humble king who always wins.
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The Pakistani opposition leader's assassination has thrown the country into turmoil.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who overthrew Chile's democratically elected Marxist president in a bloody coup and ruled this Andean nation for 17 years, died Sunday, dashing hopes of victims of his regime's abuses that he would be brought to justice. He was 91.
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The arefully choreographed vote was almost certain to be won by a confidante of the reclusive nationâs former autocratic leader, who died seven weeks ago.
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Before disappearing from public life in 2006 and officially stepping down as Cuba's president Tuesday, Fidel Castro ruled the country with an iron fist, despite numerous attempts by his enemies to do away with him.