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Originally posted by Superbelt
Few? I gave you 11!
And those are just the ones I could get from memory. Mostly in, and most of, central american and parts of south america.
Anyone else want to chime in with some more names and situations they know of that we supported?
One more I remember, Castro.
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Pinochet and Idi Amin(EDIT: actually I'm not sure if the US supported Amin, perhaps not) immediately come to mind
EDIT:
Here's a list of 35 US-supported dictators -- clicking on their names explains how the US backed them.
http://home.iprimus.com.au/korob/fdtcards/AlphaD.html