Romania Romania ex-dictator's plane sold for 120,000 euros With "Socialist Republic of Romania" once emblazoned on its side, a Rombac plane belonging to Nicolae Ceausescu's fleet sold in an auction on Thursday. 28/05/2021
no comment Chileans celebrate on streets after voting for new constitution Chileans celebrate on the streets after they voted overwhelmingly in a landmark referendum on Sunday to replace their dictator-era constitution, long seen as underpinning the nation's glaring economic and social inequalities. 26/10/2020
View Trump claims that impeachment is a 'coup.' And he's (almost) right ǀ View We either have three co-equal branches of government or we have something that looks more like a dictatorship and less like a democracy. 31/12/2019
View The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago. Democracy seemed to have won out, but we were wrong ǀ View Why the tide of freedom and democracy has started to ebb, and what can be done about it. 11/11/2019
Greece Greece's student heroes remembered The 1973 student uprising in Athens that was crushed with tanks and heavy loss of life was not the end of Greece's military dictatorship, but it marked the beginning of the end. 17/11/2018
Italy Mussolini’s granddaughter threatens to report people offending leader Alessandra Mussolini, the granddaughter of the former dictator, has threatened to report people who offend the fascist leader's memory. 18/10/2018
world news Europe's 20th-century tyrants: where are they buried? With Franco's remains controversy, Euronews takes a look at the final resting places of these notorious and ruthless ex-leaders. 21/06/2018
Portugal Portugal's Carnation Revolution through the eyes of a coup leader It was one of the most important days in Portugal's recent history, when four decades of authoritarian rule would abruptly end. 25/04/2018
Cambodia Cambodia marks 39 years since fall of Khmer Rouge rule Between 1975 and 1979, Pol Pot's rule of terror killed an estimated 1.7 million people - nearly a quarter of the population - through execution, torture, starvation and disease in labour camps. 07/01/2018
Argentina Former Argentine military officer jailed for life for crimes against h Alfredo Astiz, known as the "Angel of Death" has been jailed for life for torture and murder during Argentina's military dictatorship 30/11/2017
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe: Anti-Mugabe protests as pressure piles on veteran leader All the main pillars of Robert Mugabe's decades-long rule now either oppose him or have deserted him 18/11/2017
North Korea Who travels to North Korea and why? Who are the tourists venturing into the world's most secretive country, and why do they choose to forgo sun and sand in favour of unchartered territory? 13/10/2017
world news Venezuela the new "dictatorship" Neighbouring countries reject Venezuela's new all-powerful assembly calling it a "dictatorship" 09/08/2017
Chile Chilean court rules to return frozen assets to Pinochet family Some €4.2 million in cash and assets were held over an inquiry into budget embezzelement 22/06/2017
Venezuela Venezuela: opponent warns of rigged vote Nicmer Evans, one of Venezuela's most famous dissidents, said Maduro would boost his votes 16/06/2017
Panama Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega dies Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has died at the age of 83 following brain surgery this year. Noriega, who ruled Panama from 1983 to 1989 30/05/2017
no comment Argentina protests against law helping human rights criminals Tens of thousands protested in Buenos Aires against a Supreme Court ruling that could have led to the early release from jail of those convicted of human rights abuses during the military… 11/05/2017
Argentina People power: Argentina blocks early release for human rights criminals Under pressure from the street, Congress stopped a ruling from applying to dictatorship-era human rights offenders. 11/05/2017
Philippines Filipino dictator Marcos given hero's burial by President Duterte Twenty-seven years after his death, Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos has been buried at Manila’s prestigious Cemetery of Heroes. 18/11/2016
no comment Remembering Argentina's 1976 coup Tens of thousands of Argentines marched in Buenos Aires on Thursday (24 March) to mark the 40th anniversary of the coup that overthrew Isabel Peron 26/03/2016
Tajikistan Tajik parliament paves way to life presidency for Imomali Rakhmon Over 20 years after he was first elected president, Imomali Rakhmon has tightened his grip on power in Tajikistan. Parliament has approved 22/01/2016
Poland Jean Asselborn fires warning to Poland Jean Asselborn Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister has fired a warning to Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice party against going down the path of 23/12/2015
Chile Chile: celebrations as former head of hated secret police dies There have been celebrations on the streets at news of the death of one of the most hated men in Chile. Manuel Contreras headed the South American 08/08/2015
Chile Chile: Pinochet's former intelligence chief Manuel Contreras dies The former head of Chile’s secret police during the country’s military dictatorship has died, aged 86. Manuel Contreras was unrepentant for human 08/08/2015
Russia Historian, who revealed Stalin went to movies after ordering 3,000 deaths, dies aged 98 Robert Conquest, a prominent Anglo-American historian, who documented many aspects of Stalin’s rule, has died aged 98 in California. He wrote poetry 06/08/2015
Spain Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca was executed during civil war, papers reveal Federico Garcia Lorca, the Spanish playwright and poet who was killed shortly after the start of Spain’s civil war, was executed by the authorities 23/04/2015
