dictators
Francisco Franco: Spanish dictator’s remains can be exhumed says Spanish court
A long-awaited ruling gives the government a green light to remove Franco’s remains from the Catholic basilica, the Valley of the Fallen, just outside Madrid. The nationalist ruler was interred in the mausoleum — which was partially built by political prisoners of his regime and is the site of a mass grave of Spanish Civil …
Yes, dictators are ascendant. But people all over the world are fighting back.
A man displays a pro-democracy banner behind a row of police officers during a rally in Hong Kong on July 17. (Jerome Favre/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Jackson Diehl Deputy editorial page editor and columnist focusing on international affairs Deputy Editorial Page Editor July 21 at 6:53 PM By now it’s old news that the world is living through …
2020 Democratic hopefuls slam Trump’s meeting with Kim as ‘photo opportunity’, say he’s ‘coddling’ dictators
The candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary put aside their squabbles on Sunday – sort of – to focus on a common enemy: President Trump. From former Vice President Joe Biden to former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, the Democratic hopefuls derided Trump’s third meeting with North Korean strongman Kim Jong …