Alfredo Stroessner

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Stroessner, Alfredo


Born Nov. 3, 1912, in Encarnación. Paraguayan state figure.

Born of a well-to-do German settlers” family, Stroessner took up a military career. In 1948 he became a brigadier general, and in 1952 commander in chief of the armed forces of Paraguay. In 1954 he overthrew President F. Chavez in a military coup and, with the support of the army, had himself elected president. Upon taking power, Stroessner established a military and police dictatorship, which defended the interests of the reactionary local latifundistas and of the comprador bourgeoisie, as well as the interests of foreign, chiefly North American, companies. In foreign policy, Stroessner has maintained a course of rapprochement with the most reactionary regimes in Latin America and elsewhere. He was “reelected” president for the fifth time in 1973.

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Alem do Partido Colorado, o general Stroessner contou com o apoio da oligarquia agropecuaria e dos Estados Unidos da America.
He once allegedly said to General Stroessner: "It's a pleasure to be in a country that isn't ruled by its people." Perhaps time, or up to date speechwriters have softened his acerbic style?
34 "It's a pleasure to be in a country that isn't ruled by its people." To then Paraguay dictator General Stroessner.
This wasn't tolerated by the dictatorial regime of General Stroessner."
Clovis tells him of an important event that has just been organized: General Stroessner, the "tyrannosaur" of Paraguayan politics, has called for an international meeting of intellectuals from all fields to take place shortly in Asuncion.
Uma das vitimas da ditadura paraguaia durante o governo do general Stroessner foi o advogado Martin Almada que, desejoso de conhecer detalhes das acusacoes que o colocara preso entre 1974 a 1977 e da morte de sua esposa, solicitou um habeas data as autoridades judiciais paraguaias.