Twenty-seven years after a public revolt ousted her dictator husband, Imelda Marcos is the Philippines' ultimate political survivor: She dazzled voters with her bouffant hairstyle, oversized jewelry and big talk on the campaign trial this week bidding to keep her seat in Congress.Full story
Rachel Maddow points out that timing plays a role in bursts of bluster from North Korea, especially the birthday Kim Il Sung, the country's dictatorial founder.
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan court ordered 86-year-old former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Monday to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, throwing out 13 appeals presented by his defense. Full story
Ezra Klein describes the mystery surrounding a woman seen accompanying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and new reports that she is his wife, meaning the dictator is no longer on the singles market.
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt enters in the Supreme Court of Justice on the sixth day of his trial in Guatemala City, March 26, 2013. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez
Soldiers and civilians walk outside the Centro Medico Militar , where the former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has been undergoing medical treatment since May 13 after his sentencing on genocide charges, in Guatemala City, May 21, 2013. Guatemala's highest court on Monday overturned a genoci
A soldier and a man walk outside the Centro Medico Militar , where the former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has been undergoing medical treatment since May 13 after his sentencing on genocide charges, in Guatemala City, May 21, 2013. Guatemala's highest court on Monday overturned a genocide
Soldiers walk at the Centro Medico Militar , where the former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has been undergoing medical treatment since May 13 after his sentencing on genocide charges, in Guatemala City, May 21, 2013. Guatemala's highest court on Monday overturned a genocide conviction again
