On a darker note, some questioned the pope's relationship decades ago to Argentina's military dictatorship.
Moreover, after the Arab spring, renewed military dictatorship in Pakistan would look decidedly bad.
When South Korea was a military dictatorship, its secret policemen thought nothing of bugging political dissenters.
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In 2001, Pakistan was a failed state propped up by a military dictatorship with nuclear weapons.
For many voters, part of the right is still tainted by its support of the military dictatorship.
Myanmar has grappled with sectarian violence since ending decades of military dictatorship and introducing greater democratic freedoms.
For sixty years this country has been a military dictatorship backed by a nasty secret police force.
Their nemesis has been turned into a symbol of Central America's long, unhappy, struggle against military dictatorship.
By the end of the year, the military dictatorship will likely not only default on Egypt's loans.
Mr Zorreguieta was the agriculture minister during Argentina's brutal military dictatorship, serving during the country's infamous Dirty War.
It is estimated that as many as 30, 000 people were killed or disappeared during the country's military dictatorship.
Pakistan under military dictatorship had become the epicenter of an international terrorist movement that had two primary aims.
Such emergency legislation has only been used nine times since the collapse of Greece's military dictatorship in 1974.
There are those who say that far from a religious dictatorship, Iran is in fact a military dictatorship.
To do so he has dusted off a decree, penalising misleading advertising, approved by a military dictatorship in 1983.
Then, they were protesting as much about military dictatorship as about economic misfortune.
It was a revolutionary sound, a response to Brazil's military dictatorship that felt more relevant than quaint Bossa Nova.
In order to survive under the military dictatorship that was established in 1952.
Pope Francis has faced questions about his actions during the dark and brutal years of Argentina's 1970s-era military dictatorship.
"As a union leader during the military dictatorship, he learned how to negotiate with the so-called enemy, " Valente said.
The reason being that a military dictatorship cannot be in the European Union.
Both under Musharraf's military dictatorship and under Zardari's civilian government, the Pakistanis have failed to stem the Taliban's advance.
Myanmar's regime is a classic military dictatorship, and has been so in various forms since a coup in 1962.
The Union of Myanmar, to give it its official name, is ruled by the longest-lasting military dictatorship in the world.
She became involved in left-wing politics and joined the underground resistance to the military dictatorship that seized power in 1964.
Yet, upon her release she went back to investigative reporting, publishing articles and books about the abuses of the military dictatorship.
Second, Argentina does not want to repeat the war, which triggered the end of military dictatorship and the advent of democracy.
Non-sympathizing media groups were called liars and thieves, they were accused of cooperating with the military dictatorship and even physically threatened.
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The trial is part of a continuing series of actions against Argentine officers and other officials associated with the military dictatorship.
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But with memories still fresh of the hyperinflation, chaos and military dictatorship of the 1970s and 1980s, they also want stability.
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