One of the lesser-known of the 20th century's gangster-despots was Mengistu Haile Mariam, who ran Ethiopia as a Leninist-style "people's republic" from 1974 to 1991, complete with nationalization of industry and commerce, secret-police terror, mass killings of "class enemies," and famines brought on by forced collectivization of agriculture.(The Week)(Brief article)

National Review | February 12, 2007 | Copyright

One of the lesser-known of the 20th century's gangster-despots was Mengistu Haile Mariam, who ran Ethiopia as a Leninist-style "people's republic" from 1974 to 1991, complete with nationalization of industry and commerce, secret-police terror, mass killings of "class enemies," and famines brought on by forced collectivization of agriculture. It is probable that Mengistu murdered the former monarch, 83-year-old Haile Selassie. After fleeing Ethiopia following a coup in 1991, Mengistu was given asylum by Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Since then he has been living in an upscale ...

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