US-sponsored Murderous Dictatorships:
A List

How many murderous dictatorships has the US installed or supported?

Let's count.

Country	Dictator	Dates	Statistics
Algeria	Military Government/FLN Single Party	1962-1990s	5,000-10,000 killed during "Black Decade" (1990s) Limited support; strategic cooperation
Angola	Jonas Savimbi/UNITA	1975-1989	Savimbi didn't actually win his revolution, but killed or displaced millions)
Argentina	Military Junta, Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla	1976-1983	10,300 - 30,000 murdered/"disappeared". more Military aid; intelligence sharing; diplomatic cover
Bolivia	Col. Hugo Banzer overthrew elected leftist president Juan Jose Torres	1970-
Brazil	Military Dictatorship: Gen. Branco overthrew elected president Goulart with US support	1964-1985	400-500 killed; thousands tortured Immediate recognition of coup government; military aid
Chile	Gen. Augusto Pinochet	1973-1990	per 2025 source: $12 million in military aid (1973-1974); CIA support for coup; military training; 3,000-4,000 killed; 40,000+ tortured per 2021 source: coup ordered and supported, 3095 murdered or "disappeared" according to the Chilean government. 40,000 tortured.
Cuba	Fulgencio Batista	pre-Castro
Dominican Republic	Trujillo, Belaguer	1930-61,1965-78	Trujillo, a military dictator for 32 years with US support for most of that time; Belaguer, Trujillo's protege, installed after US Marines intervened to put down an attempt to restore the democratically elected government of Juan Bosch
Egypt	Sadat, Mubarak	1978-today
El Salvador	Military Junta/Roberto D'Aubuisson	1980s: 1979-1992	75,000 civilians killed $4.5 billion in economic and military aid
Guatemala	Carlos Castillo Armas (1954-1957), etc. through 1985: Fuentes, Montt ...	1954-1985	Guatemala genocide, 200,000 killed or missing during civil war period CIA-backed coup in 1954; $35 million in military aid 1960s-1970s
Haiti	Papa Doc, Baby Doc
Honduras	Military Governments/Roberto Suazo Córdova	1963-1982	200+ disappeared; hundreds killed $1.6 billion in aid (1980s); military training; base usage
Indonesia	Suharto	1965-1998	1965 coup against left-leaning Sukarno 500,000-1,000,000 killed during 1965-66 purge; thousands more throughout regime 1975 support of East Timor genocide 100,000-230,000 dead in East Timor; $4 billion in economic aid; military training and equipment more, more, more.
Iran	The Shah of Iran (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi), Ayatollah Khomeini was on the CIA payroll in the 1970s in Paris	1953-1979	2,000-10,000 killed by SAVAK. 25000-50000 political prisoners in 1975 alone (per Amnesty Int'l) CIA-backed coup in 1953; billions in military aid
Iraq	Saddam Hussein	until the Iraq War	US supplied nerve gas later reported as Saddam's WMD. US support for Iraq (during the Iran–Iraq War) and CIA activities in Iraq (1958ff), and Why the US concealed its chemical weapons role in Iraq (1980's).
Jordan	King Hussein	1953-1999	3,000+ killed in "Black September" (1970) $13 billion total aid; military support
Kuwait	a monarchy	Atrocities on its own people by the government the US saved and reinstalled reported here
Nepal	monarchy	since 1948
Nicaragua	Somoza Family (Anastasio Somoza García, Luis Somoza Debayle, Anastasio Somoza Debayle)	1936-1979	30,000-50,000 killed Military aid and training; diplomatic support
Paraguay	Alfredo Stroessner	1954-1989	3,000-4,000 killed; thousands tortured US supported throughout Military aid; training; diplomatic support (state.gov says US has supported Paraguayan development since 1942) $142M between 1962 and 1975
Morocco	Hassan II	1961-1999	1,000-5,000+ killed; thousands disappeared $2 billion in military aid; diplomatic support.
Panama			Noriega was US-supported for years
Philippines	Ferdinand Marcos	1965-1986	3,000+ killed; thousands tortured $2.5 billion in military aid; use of military bases
Saudi Arabia	Saud family (Faisal, Khalid, Fahd)	1945-present	Hundreds executed; repression of dissent Billions in arms sales; security cooperation
Tunisia	Habib Bourguiba	1956-1987	Hundreds killed; thousands imprisoned Economic aid; military cooperation
Uzbekistan	Kamirov "The Boiler"	2000's	$150M from the Bush administration for an air base.
Zaire	Mobutu Sese Seko	1965-1997	200,000-500,000+ killed through neglect, violence, war $1.4 billion in aid; CIA support

(4. Figures represent civilian deaths directly attributed to state violence under these regimes)

There are some gaps of information there. If you know any details that could help fill the gaps, let me know, it would be much appreciated.

So I count 25 to 29. Rough numbers, let's not be picky.

I barely have 25 people in my pingpong club, we're talking 25 countries.
Now that's a bleeping crime.

So who's responsible? I am an American: I am responsible.

So what am I going to do about it? I'm going to be an American, and express myself, with attitude, about what I do and don't like in this world, and tell everyone what I think has got to be done. So keep on reading.

And you? Be an American too: make up your own mind, persuade yourself, and try to persuade the rest of them. Talk leads to action, so let's talk!