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Shah of Iran, President Somoza of Nicaragua, President Pinochet of Chile and President Marcos of the Philippines
A '''"friendly dictator"''' from the American point of view is one who is authoritarian but not totalitarian.
A '''"friendly dictator"''' from the American point of view is one who is [[authoritarian]] but not [[totalitarian]].
In the 1980s, friendly dictators included
the [[Shah]] of [[Iran]], [[President Somoza]] of [[Nicaragua]], [[President Pinochet]] of [[Chile]] and [[President Marcos]] of the [[Philippines]].