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There are only two [[right-wing]] [[dictatorship]]s in all of world history, one in [[Chile]], with a dictator who was more repressive, causing the death of 3,000 people and another in [[Brazil]], with five dictators, which was more lenient, leading to death of only 400 people.
Both dictators had a neoconservative orientation and to a [[big government]], while defending the [[free market]].
In [[Brazil]], where the term "[[liberal]]" refers to the [[economic liberalism]], these dictatorships were called "[[liberal fascism]]" by [[leftist]] students and academics.
== Right-wing dictators ==
{|class="wikitable"
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! Name !! Country !! Years<br>in power !! Notes
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| align=center|[[Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco|Humberto Castelo Branco]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1964–1967 || <small>President of Brazil. Gained power in a coup; abolished most opposition; subsequently appointed by congress.</small>
|-
| align=center|[[Artur da Costa e Silva]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1967–1969 || <small>President of Brazil 1967-1969. Elected in 1966, but centralised power; closed the Congress; banned opposition; suspended free press. Decreed [[Institutional Act No. 5]], described as "the most unconstitutional, anti-democratic, arbitrary, and repressive decree in Brazil's history." (ISBN 1-58322-545-5), p.167.</small>
|-
| align=center|[[Emílio Garrastazu Médici]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1969–1974 ||<small> President of Brazil. Appointed by congress, but instituted a military government; suppressed press and opposition<ref>[http://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/62/index.rtf]</ref></small>
|-
| align=center|[[Augusto Pinochet]] || align=center|[[Chile]] || align=center|1973–1990 || <small>Chairman of military junta 1973-1974; Supreme Head of the Nation 1974; President of Chile 1974-1990. Gained power in a coup; suppressed and exiled opposition; over 3000 "[[Forced disappearance|disappearances]]" and 28,000 tortured.</small>
|-
| align=center|[[Ernesto Geisel]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1974-1979 || <small>Congress-appointed President of Brazil. The fourth of the military dictators; party and union freedom were still inexistent during his term; had oppositionists like journalist [[Wladimir Herzog]] and factory worker [[Manoel Fiel Filho]] tortured and murdered.</small>
|-
| align=center|[[João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1979-1985 || <small> Congress-appointed President of Brazil. Society won some democratic measures these years, but there was still a major fraud during 1982 State government elections. His government was responsible for the 1983 bomb in the Riocentro.</small>
|-
|}
== References ==
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</references>
[[Category:Political Terms]]
Both dictators had a neoconservative orientation and to a [[big government]], while defending the [[free market]].
In [[Brazil]], where the term "[[liberal]]" refers to the [[economic liberalism]], these dictatorships were called "[[liberal fascism]]" by [[leftist]] students and academics.
== Right-wing dictators ==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Country !! Years<br>in power !! Notes
|-
| align=center|[[Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco|Humberto Castelo Branco]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1964–1967 || <small>President of Brazil. Gained power in a coup; abolished most opposition; subsequently appointed by congress.</small>
|-
| align=center|[[Artur da Costa e Silva]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1967–1969 || <small>President of Brazil 1967-1969. Elected in 1966, but centralised power; closed the Congress; banned opposition; suspended free press. Decreed [[Institutional Act No. 5]], described as "the most unconstitutional, anti-democratic, arbitrary, and repressive decree in Brazil's history." (ISBN 1-58322-545-5), p.167.</small>
|-
| align=center|[[Emílio Garrastazu Médici]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1969–1974 ||<small> President of Brazil. Appointed by congress, but instituted a military government; suppressed press and opposition<ref>[http://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/62/index.rtf]</ref></small>
|-
| align=center|[[Augusto Pinochet]] || align=center|[[Chile]] || align=center|1973–1990 || <small>Chairman of military junta 1973-1974; Supreme Head of the Nation 1974; President of Chile 1974-1990. Gained power in a coup; suppressed and exiled opposition; over 3000 "[[Forced disappearance|disappearances]]" and 28,000 tortured.</small>
|-
| align=center|[[Ernesto Geisel]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1974-1979 || <small>Congress-appointed President of Brazil. The fourth of the military dictators; party and union freedom were still inexistent during his term; had oppositionists like journalist [[Wladimir Herzog]] and factory worker [[Manoel Fiel Filho]] tortured and murdered.</small>
|-
| align=center|[[João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo]] || align=center|[[Brazil]] || align=center|1979-1985 || <small> Congress-appointed President of Brazil. Society won some democratic measures these years, but there was still a major fraud during 1982 State government elections. His government was responsible for the 1983 bomb in the Riocentro.</small>
|-
|}
== References ==
<references>
</references>
[[Category:Political Terms]]