Most Brutal Latin American Dictators

Any dictator in the Caribbean, Central America, or South America is eligible for this list. They were ranked by how they affected their countries and by how many lives were lost during their time in power.

The Top Ten

1 Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, known as Fidel Castro (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016), was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Politically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party Communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms implemented throughout society.

Fidel Castro was a filthy commie bastard and the bay of pigs was justified its just too bad his assassination was not successful.

Dictator Of Cuba From 1959-2006

2 Rafael Trujillo

3 Nicolas Maduro

Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician who has served as the 63rd President of Venezuela since 2013 and previously served under President Hugo Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2013 and as Vice President of Venezuela from 2012 to 2013.

4 Francois Duvalier

5 Hugo Chavez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician who was President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, which he led until 2012.

6 Jorge Rafael Videla