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| | Mengistu Haile Mariam Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | This period, during which the country was ruled by a one-party Marxist-Leninist government, was characterized by systematic repression of all political opposition. |
 | | Mengistu's years in office were marked by a totalitarian-style government and the country's massive militarization, financed by the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, and assisted by Cuba. |
 | | Mengistu's government was faced with enormous difficulties throughout the 1980s in the form of droughts, widespread famine (notably the Ethiopian famine of 1984 - 1985) and insurrections, particularly in the northern regions of Tigray and Eritrea. |
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