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Line 165: − |- − | align=center|[[Efraín Ríos Montt]] || align=center|[[Guatemala]] || align=center|1982–1983 || <small>Chairman of military junta 1982; President of Guatemala 1982-1983. Dictator during a military coup. Known for [[scorched earth]] counter-insurgency strategies. Since then was Head of Congress for many years and made several failed attempts to be elected democratically. Used his declared conservative evangelical Christian beliefs to portray dissent as an attack against God.</small>
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| align=center|[[Omar Torrijos]] || align=center|[[Panama]] || align=center|1968–1981 || <small>Commander of the National Guard. Gained power in a coup; banned opposition, unions and free press.</small>
| align=center|[[Omar Torrijos]] || align=center|[[Panama]] || align=center|1968–1981 || <small>Commander of the National Guard. Gained power in a coup; banned opposition, unions and free press.</small>
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| align=center|[[Manuel Noriega]] || align=center|[[Panama]]|| align=center|1983–1989 || <small>Commander of the National Guard and ''de facto'' military leader, widely described as a dictator (see [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056130], [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561240/Noriega_Moreno_Manuel_Antonio.html], [http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/8155061.htm]).</small>
| align=center|[[Manuel Noriega]] || align=center|[[Panama]]|| align=center|1983–1989 || <small>Commander of the National Guard and ''de facto'' military leader, widely described as a dictator (see [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056130], [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561240/Noriega_Moreno_Manuel_Antonio.html], [http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/8155061.htm]).</small>