authoritarian
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Leo began his visit on Tuesday urging Equatorial Guinea to place itself "in the service of law and justice" -- pointed remarks in an authoritarian country regularly accused of rights abuses.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
For decades, Chinese brothers Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang have made a name for themselves with sculptures like this: irreverent contemporary artworks that skewer the authoritarian past, and present, of their native homeland.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
At military parades of authoritarian regimes, it’s not often a girl takes center stage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
“Defiance” offers a prism on Syria’s authoritarian society before the 2011 uprising and subsequent civil war, and vivid snapshots of the devastation that the war unleashed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
“That is none of your business. Take me home!” she ordered, copying the authoritarian tone her grandfather employed with everyone he considered beneath his social station.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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