Joe Stalin - Josef Stalin, former Soviet dictator, 1920s-1954 LBJ/Johnson - Lyndon B Johnson, liberal Democratic president of the U.S. 1963-1968 who signed the civil rights acts and massively escalated the Vietnam war, famous for crude language and actions often involving bodily functions. Somoza - Anastasio Somoza, right-wing dictator of Nicaragua, overthrown by Sandinistas 1979. General Pinochet - Augusto Pinochet, fascist dictator of Chile, leader of 1973 coup against Salvador Allende (backed by U.S.) led junta until 1990s, "free market" economic policies lauded by Reagan admin Reagan - Ronald Reagan, U.S. president at time song was recorded, backed anti-Sandinista Contras in Nicaragua (some but not all former Somoza supporters) as well as good relations with Pinochet's Chile (cf. Jonathan Richman & Modern Lovers (& covers) "Pablo Picasso," with his El Dorado)