Dictators in Uniform

Though you wouldn't know it from the media, there aren't really that many dictators left in this world. All of Latin and South America is now democratic, as well as all of Europe, and even significant chunks of Africa.

The dictators that remain are rarely over-the-top Idi Amin style despots. Most of today's dictators are not military strongmen, but rather the leaders of a corrupt one-party state hierarchy. The days when dictators would try to woo their neighbors with their lavish uniforms and statues appear to be over; today's dictators wear tailored suits and try to project an image of "modernity" as they lobby to bring western money into their countries.

That being said, there are a few holdouts, a few remaining "old school" style tyrants who enjoy parading around in the uniform and awarding medals to themselves. Most of these regimes are on their way out however. Soon the clichéd image of the uniform-wearing dictator will only exist in the history books.