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Bookmark or Share- BBC NEWS | Americas | Obituary: Alfredo StroessnerAlfredo Stroessner was Paraguay's military leader for 35 years, from 1954 to 1989. Under his rule the country became a haven for Nazi war criminals, peaceful opposition was crushed and the...
- Alfredo Stroessner - WikipediaAlfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish: [alˈfɾeðo esˈtɾosneɾ]; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer, politician and statesman who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989.
- Dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner - WikipediaThe dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, colloquially known as Stronismo or Stronato; was the period of almost 35 years in the history of Paraguay in which army general Alfredo Stroessner ruled the country as a de facto one-party state under an authoritarian military dictatorship, from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989.
- Alfredo Stroessner | Military Dictator, Authoritarian Rule ...Alfredo Stroessner (born Nov. 3, 1912, Encarnación, Para.—died Aug. 16, 2006, Brasília, Braz.) was a military leader, who became president of Paraguay after leading an army coup in 1954. One of Latin America’s longest-serving rulers, he was overthrown in 1989.
- Alfredo Stroessner | Encyclopedia.comFrom 1954, when he seized power in a coup, to 1989, when his former right-hand man forced him into exile, Stroessner enforced his absolute power and cult of personality through bribery, fear, and torture. He made Paraguay a safe haven for evil, from smugglers to ex-dictators to Nazi war criminals.
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