Its founders included Portugal's authoritarian regime under Salazar, mired in colonial wars in various parts of Africa.

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Yet, they caused sufficient concern as to generate a strong reaction that transformed Uruguay into an authoritarian regime.

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In 1955 at the age of 27 he left Argentina, tired of the authoritarian regime of Juan Peron.

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Now, again, with the deteriorating regime, this situation threatens that Egypt will move from an authoritarian regime into a theocracy.

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With his brother, Antauro, also a former army officer, he staged a military rebellion in the dying days of Mr Fujimori's authoritarian regime.

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The existence of a general Arab appetite for democracy does not mean that the alternative to a repressive, authoritarian regime is bound in every case to be a liberal democracy.

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After 32 years of Mr Suharto's authoritarian rule, many are happy to live under a less resolute regime.

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