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Dictators Favored by Latins
In Latin America strongmen gain influence as democracy declines. Castro, Duvalier, Medici, Velasco, Torrijos, Ovando Candia, Stoe ssner, and Somoza Debayle are cited as leaders. Torture and repression of political prisoners rise, Amnesty International notes mass detentions and secret killings, Costa Rica remaining an exception with no army.
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Malcolm W. Browne
New York Times
Buenos Aires
Latin America
Latin American
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Francois Duvalier
Haiti
Emilio Medici
Brazil
Juan Velasco Alvarado
Rio Grande
America
North Americans
U.S
Amnesty International
Costa Rica