Dictators of
Today
To find out more about current dictators around the world, go to the following website. On this website you can see a map of the world that highlights current dictators and pictures of the rulers. If you click on the pictures, you will get a brief description of each dictator.
When one person has all the power and maintains very rigid control over a country by force, it is called a dictatorship. In a dictatorship, the people are oppressed and are usually afraid to oppose their ruler. Another word for this kind of government is totalitarian. Benito Mussolini of Italy, Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany, and Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union were dictators. Today people are oppressed under dictators in North Korea, Cuba, Pakistan, and numerous other countries.
