Over the last century, the United States government has often provided, and continues to provide today, financial assistance, arms, and technical support to numerous authoritarian regimes across the world. A variety of reasons have been provided to justify the apparent contradictions between support for dictators and the democratic ideals expressed in the American constitution. Americas Porfirio Díaz (Mexico) (1876–1911)[citation needed] Institutional Revolutionary Party (Mexico) (1929–2000)[10] Juan Vicente Gómez (Venezuela) (1908–35)[citation needed] Manuel Estrada Cabrera (Guatemala) (1898–1920)[11] Jorge Ubico (Guatemala) (1931–44)[11] Fulgencio Batista (Cuba) (1952–59)[12] Rafael Trujillo (Dominican Republic) (1930–61)[citation needed] Efrain Rios Montt and the rest of the military junta in Guatemala[13] Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador (1979–82)[14] Hugo Banzer (Bolivia) (1971–78, 1997–2001)[citation needed] National Reorganization Process (Argentina) (1976–83)[15] Brazilian military government (1964–84)[citation needed] Somoza family (Nicaragua) (1938–79)[16] François Duvalier (Haiti) (1957–71)[17] Jean-Claude Duvalier (Haiti) (1971–86)[17] Omar Torrijos (Panama) (1968–81)[18] Manuel Noriega (Panama) (1983–89)[19] Alfredo Stroessner (Paraguay) (1954–89)[citation needed] Augusto Pinochet (Chile) (1973–90)[20] Asia Chiang Kai-shek (China/Taiwan) (1928–1975)[citation needed] Syngman Rhee (South Korea) (1948–60)[citation needed] Park Chung-hee (South Korea) (1961–79)[citation needed] Chun Doo-Hwan (South Korea) (1979-88)[21] Ngo Dinh Diem (South Vietnam) (1955–63)[22] Lon Nol (Cambodia) (1970–75)[23] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Iran) (1941–79)[24] Ayub Khan (Pakistan) (1958–69)[citation needed] Ferdinand Marcos (Philippines) (1965–86)[25][26] Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Pakistan) (1978–88)[citation needed] Saddam Hussein (Iraq) (1982–90)[citation needed] Suharto (Indonesia) (1967–98)[citation needed] Truong Tan Sang (Vietnam) (2011–present)[27] Ali Abdullah Saleh (North Yemen/Yemen) (1978–2012)[citation needed] Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (Bahrain) (1999–present)[citation needed] House of Saud (Saudi Arabia) (1744–present)[citation needed] Ilham Aliyev (Azerbaijan) (2003–present)[citation needed] Islam Karimov (Uzbekistan) (1990–present)[27] Pervez Musharraf (Pakistan) (1998–2008)[citation needed] Emomalii Rahmon (Tajikistan) (1994–present)[27] Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenistan) (1990–2006)[citation needed] Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (Turkmenistan) (2006–present)[27] Africa Apartheid South Africa (1948–94)[28] Nigerian military juntas of 1966–79 and 1983–98[citation needed] Haile Selassie I (Ethiopia) (1930–74)[citation needed] Meles Zenawi (Ethiopia) (1991–2012)[27] Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (Equatorial Guinea) (1979–present)[27] Mobutu Sese Seko (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (1965–97)[citation needed] Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Ivory Coast) (1960–93)[citation needed] Hissène Habré (Chad) (1982–90)[citation needed] Idriss Déby (Chad) (1990–present)[29] Gaafar Nimeiry (Sudan) (1969–85)[citation needed] Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) (1981–2011)[citation needed] Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisia) (1987–2011)[citation needed] Samuel Doe (Liberia) (1980–90)[citation needed] Charles Taylor (Liberia) (1997–2003)[citation needed] Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) (1986–present)[citation needed] Paul Kagame (Rwanda) (2000–present)[citation needed] Europe António de Oliveira Salazar (Portugal) (1932–68)[citation needed] Francisco Franco (Spain) (1938–75)[citation needed] Greek military junta of 1967–74[citation needed] Franjo Tuđman (Croatia) (1990–99)[30][31]
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