0Dictator BromancesHugo Chavez joked about an atomic bomb with his BFF Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. See the tyrannical friendships of Castro, Mao, Saddam Hussein, and others.Updated Jul. 13, 2017 10:34AM EDT / Published Jan. 10, 2012 5:23PM EST Hugo Chávez and Mahmoud AhmadinejadCarlos Hernandez / DPA / Corbis Fidel Castro and Muammar GaddafiLiborio Noval / AP Photos Idi Amin and Yasser ArafatJean-Claude Francolon / Gamma / Getty Images Mao Zedong and Nikita KhrushchevAFP-Getty Images Saddam Hussein and Hosni MubarakAFP / Getty Images Robert Mugabe and Muammar GaddafiFoto24 / Gallo Images / Getty Images Fidel Castro and Hugo ChávezEstudios Revolucion / Granma / Reuters / Corbis Adolf Hitler and Benito MussoliniRoger Viollet / Getty Images
Hugo Chávez and Mahmoud AhmadinejadCarlos Hernandez / DPA / Corbis Fidel Castro and Muammar GaddafiLiborio Noval / AP Photos Idi Amin and Yasser ArafatJean-Claude Francolon / Gamma / Getty Images Mao Zedong and Nikita KhrushchevAFP-Getty Images Saddam Hussein and Hosni MubarakAFP / Getty Images Robert Mugabe and Muammar GaddafiFoto24 / Gallo Images / Getty Images Fidel Castro and Hugo ChávezEstudios Revolucion / Granma / Reuters / Corbis Adolf Hitler and Benito MussoliniRoger Viollet / Getty Images