61. Tudor made a name for himself under Nicolae Ceausescu by writing poetry praising the late communist dictator and then became known for his anti-Semitic and racist publications. 62. Tudor once was court poet to former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. 63. Under Yugoslav communist dictator Josip Broz Tito, ethnic Albanians in Kosovo had autonomy. 64. Tudor, a former court poet of the late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, also has stirred controversy with xenophobic, anti-Semitic and anti-Hungarian rhetoric in his magazines. 65. Tudor, who once curried favor with former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu by writing poems in his praise, has toned down his sometimes racist rhetoric in recent months. 66. Under communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Gypsies were obliged to attend school. 67. Under Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov, ethnic Turks in Bulgaria were forced to change their names and deprived of the rights to use their language, religion and customs. 68. Under former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, AIDS was officially non-existent and unknown. 69. Under former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Barki was active in denouncing his destruction of villages and forcing people to move to urban areas. 70. Zhivkov outlived both his former Kremlin bosses and other Balkan communist dictators. |