But also the time during the period of Franco in Spain was also a dictatorship, if my memory is correct.
We used to talk about it that way in the 1970s. And it's true that whatever Franco wanted, he pretty much got. But by 20th-century standards, Franco's Spain fails the test of "dictatorship" by a bit. State control of media? Yes. Concentration camps? No. Execution of political opponents? No. (They went into exile, and were not hunted down there, unlike modern-day, post-totalitarian Russia.) State control over religion and the Church? No. State ownership of everything? No. Grinding, forced equality and poverty? No.
The thing that turned Spain into a relatively prosperous country (for the first time in 100 years) was the decision by Franco in the 1950s to turn the Mediterranean coast into a tourist area.
Compared to what's running around now, including the present government of Spain (and the U.S.), I say Franco looks like a breath of fresh air.