International Dictators

January 2023

Bronze torso from an equestrian statue wearing a cuirass, 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, bequest of Bill Blass, 2002.

This month, we’re revisiting past WWB fiction, nonfiction, and graphic literature about dictators from around the world. Featuring work from Argentina, Cuba, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, North Korea, and Venezuela.

That Woman

By Rodolfo Walsh

“I buried her standing, like Facundo, because she had balls!”

Translated from Spanish by Cindy Schuster

Two Million People in the Square: Scenes from the Revolution

By Magdy El Shafee

The people say: Step down now!

Translated from Arabic by Humphrey Davies

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From Chapter 1, “The Autobiography of Fidel Castro”

By Norberto Fuentes

This is the bucolic and archetypal Cuban landscape that I myself will destroy thirty years hence.

Translated from Spanish by Anna Kushner

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International Dictators

January 2023

That Woman

Two Million People in the Square: Scenes from the Revolution

Ride of the Valkyries

Founding Fathers

from “Obi’s Nightmare”

The Poet Who Asked for Forgiveness

From Chapter 1, “The Autobiography of Fidel Castro”