Sentences with phrase «handed military dictatorships»
Finally, in 1948, iron - handed military dictatorships became the norm and dominated the country until 1979, although the country was nominally a republic.
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Fernando Mathei, Evelyn's father, was part of the military junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, while Alberto Bachelet, Michelle's father, opposed 1973 coup and was imprisoned and tortured for several months until his death in 1974 at the hands of the dictatorship.
«In 1999 when the then President Obasanjo was elected on a national consensus on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), there were a lot of expectations from Nigerians, haven come out of a dictatorship from the hands of the military.