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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 27, 2022.
Archetypes of autocracy: Part II
Ethiopians prepared billboards to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama to their capital Addis Ababa.
Conflict
Elaborate rituals and lions roaming the palace grounds are just part of what sets autocratic Ethiopia apart from its neighbors