Sentences with phrase «backed dictatorship»

The Nicaraguan revolution that ousted a bloody U.S. - backed dictatorship in 1979 was one of the first revolutions in history that was not followed by a vengeful bloodbath.

The Nicaraguan people's overthrow of a U.S. - backed dictatorship in 1979 and the existence of popularly based movements for social change throughout the region had caused great concern in Washington.

• A U.S. aid package to Nicaragua approved by the U.S. Congress in 1980, a year after the ouster of the U.S. - backed dictatorship, targeted the most reactionary business organization for substantial aid.

Since achieving independence from the U.S - backed dictatorship in 1979, Nicaragua has had only three years of relative peace.

A replacement government would preferably have a human face and be less dictatorial than the former U.S - backed dictatorship.

In a speech which cited the west's tendency to back dictatorships in the Middle East, Mr Alexander praised the Arab Spring, which has seen a wave of revolts across the region.

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Vatican City (CNN)- The Vatican pushed back Friday against claims that Pope Francis failed to protect two fellow Jesuit priests who were kidnapped during Argentina's military dictatorship.

Had not the greedy miner, backed by the only country that considers the slaughter of women and children in time of peace to be a legitimate tactic, and also the country that has created the most dictatorships in history, not run his thugs into independent countries, apartheid probably would not have happened.

In Nicaragua the people had begun living a different future when they made the decision to participate actively in the movement to overthrow the U.S - backed Somoza dictatorship.

We need to destroy a dictatorship to replace it with a strategy that would bring back the glory days at this football club.

«It's a tough government that will back you up if you've got the money, a government along the lines of a Spanish military dictatorship.

To understand the rivalry between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid you must travel back to the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship of Francesco Franco that followed the war.

Similarly, there have been regular, severe economic crises, the most recent being in 2001 - 02, when the strain of over-indebtedness during periods of both dictatorship and democracy and IMF - backed neo-liberal policies pushed the country to major default, devaluation and 25 % unemployment.

The wife of senior Tory Michael Gove has claimed an SNP - backed Labour government would lead to a «communist dictatorship».

CSBHROs in a statement, said: «It is no longer a subject of debate whether or not Nigeria of Buhari's civilian presidency is tyrannical - cum - dictatorial; as the country is fully back in dictatorship or chained democracy.

The Home Office behaved like a tin - pot dictatorship: detaining innocent people, accusing them of made - up charges without providing anything to back it up, denying them their day in court and then deporting them.

Chinese constitution refers to «democratic dictatorship led by the working class», which is basically a definition that was first made by Lenin back in the 1900s.

This may seem confusing, but this was the important distinction back in the day when the term became widespread, because it also meant the difference between dictatorship and democracy.

Another voter, Gurcan Hotoglu, said the outcome of the referendum could take the country back 200 years and «establish a dictatorship.»

On top of the harm caused to the small number who have been sent back to a dictatorship, those left waiting for appeal decisions in the UK are under huge strain.

I met you on my first trip back to Ethiopia, from where my family had emigrated during the dictatorship when I was two years old.

The old Empire, backed by the divine right of kings, was gone, replaced by a far weaker Roman - style military dictatorship... a dictatorship that had lost a war and fallen under High Elf control.

More recently, the main beneficiaries have been multinational corporations, many of whom also profited under the region's brutal US backed military dictatorships of the 1960s — 1980s.

The matters that Rachel raises however are not over the back fence but mainstream media which is rumour and innuendo — the stuff of Communist and other dictatorships where people are brainwashed.

Unfortunately, neither Lord Mockton's incisive piece nor all the contrary evidence in the universe will ever get him to back off — it's his primary justification for his attack on civil liberties and his plan to turn the US into a socialist dictatorship..

Carp polyculture's roots go back 2,000 years; it doesn't require a one - party dictatorship.

For those that don't know: Just Cause 3 released back in December 2015: it follows the story of Rico Rodriguez and his wild ride to liberate Medici from military dictatorship.