... religions, and imposed restrictions on religious minorities. North Korea is also an example, the government system is a dictatorship under the absolute rule of Kim Jong Il, who has exercised unchallenged authority since his father Kim Il Sung died in 1994. And finally, Cuba is among the countries where democracy is also not respected, president Castro exercises control over all aspects of life ... ...

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... stay in their half, the USSR in the North and the United States in the South. "Democratic" elections quickly took place and left Syngman Rhee leading the South and Kim Il-Sung leader of the North. Washington cut all funding to Korea and left the South wide open for the North to attack (which they did). The troops already had second ... ...

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... late 1980's and early 1990's. Outside Europe, Mao Zedong set up a Stalinist government in China in 1949. Ho Chi Minh established a Stalinist dictatorship in North Vietnam in 1954, and Kim Il Sung introduced hard-line Stalinist rule in North Korea in 1948. Under Fidel Castro, a government with many characteristics of Stalinism came to power in Cuba in 1959. ...

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