Volume 46, Number 1 · January 14, 1999
Disneyland for Dictators
By John Ryle
We live in the twilight of the dictators. The military strong men of South America are long gone. The big men of Africa are dying off, or repining in exile. Their replacements are constrained by the hegemony of global capitalism—which finds less use for autocrats now that the cold war has ended. In Africa the power of new leaders is further limited by the dissolution of the states over which they preside. Yet there's still a problem of what to do with those of the old guard that remain. For them, since General Pinochet's detention, the world is suddenly a more dangerous place. In the new era, where can they go for Christmas?
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