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You don't even have to go back that far. Spain was a dictatorship in the early '70s.

• cycomanic 4y ago
  And the US became significant supporters of Franco in later years.
  • api 4y ago
    That was the "if it's not communist and fogs glass we support it" era of US foreign policy.
    • NoGravitas 4y ago
      "Was"? Although now I guess it applies to geopolitical rivals, whether communist or not.