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    Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish: [alˈfɾeðo esˈtɾosneɾ]; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer, politician and statesman...
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    The dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, colloquially known as Stronismo or Stronato; was the period of almost 35 years in the history of Paraguay in which...
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    succession of military dictators, culminating in the 35 year regime of Alfredo Stroessner, which lasted until his overthrow in 1989 by an internal military...
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    key components of the repressive apparatus of the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner. Politically and ideologically, these paramilitary groups stood on...
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  • who held important governmental posts during the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner. He became Minister of the Interior in Paraguay in 1956, and held...
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    February 2 and 3, 1989, against the dictator Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda. Rodríguez had been Alfredo Stroessner's closest confidant for 35 years. The two became...
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  • Genocide of Indigenous peoples in Paraguay (category Alfredo Stroessner)
    dictator Alfredo Strossner that some observers called a genocide. Between 1956 and 1989, while under the military rule of General Alfredo Stroessner, the...
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    an Argentine court. Videla also sheltered many Nazi fugitives as Alfredo Stroessner did in Paraguay and as Hugo Banzer did in Bolivia; he was sometimes...
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    Paraguay from May to August of 1954. He was installed as president by Alfredo Stroessner after the coup of 4 May against President Federico Chaves. Romero...
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    dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner had resulted in "more than 50 years of stability in Paraguay". Peña further asserted that Stroessner, who came to power...
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    Chaco War with Bolivia, which ended in a Paraguayan victory. General Alfredo Stroessner came to power in 1954, and military rule continued until 1989 upon...
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    was renamed "Puerto Presidente Stroessner" ("President Stroessner Port"), in honor of the dictator Alfredo Stroessner.[citation needed] After the 1989...
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    backed Alfredo Stroessner's anti-communist military dictatorship and played a "critical supporting role" in the domestic affairs of Stroessner's Paraguay...
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  • artillery division that had come from Paraguarí, commanded by Gen. Alfredo Stroessner. The largest gunboats of the fleet, Paraguay and Humaita, were seized...
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    The 1954 Paraguayan coup d'état occurred in May 1954. It was led by Alfredo Stroessner, with the support of Epifanio Méndez Fleitas, and resulted in the...
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    fleeing on the gunboat ARP Paraguay provided by Paraguayan leader Alfredo Stroessner, up the Paraná River. At that point Argentina was more politically...
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  • some of the illicit activities undertaken by Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner's secret police force. The documents have since been used in attempts...
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    1989, it was known as President Stroessner International Airport, after the former head of state, Alfredo Stroessner. It is the main international hub...
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    Dominican Republic (Desiderio Arias, Cipriano Bencosme), Paraguay (Alfredo Stroessner), Argentina (Juan Perón and other military strongmen), and Chile (Augusto...
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    1989 Paraguayan coup d'état (category Alfredo Stroessner)
    by General Andrés Rodríguez against the regime of long-time leader Alfredo Stroessner. The bloody overthrow which saw numerous soldiers killed in street...
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    period in 1936 and then again in 1946–1947. After the fall of the Alfredo Stroessner regime, the party re-emerged as a legal party. After the Cuban Revolution...
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    noted dissident and human rights activist, he was a prisoner of the Alfredo Stroessner regime. He was notable for uncovering the Archives of Terror. Almada...
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  • Técnicos, DNAT), a law enforcement agency during the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner. Antonio Campos Alum was born in the agricultural department of Paraguarí...
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    of the politicians who were deemed to be closest to then-President Alfredo Stroessner, who ruled Paraguay for 35 years. At 16 years old, Abdo Benítez moved...
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  • 000-strong Croat community, and became friends with Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner. He lived an otherwise quiet life and made no effort to hide his identity...
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    of them were removed from power by force. Eventually, Army General Alfredo Stroessner, supported by the Armed Forces and the right-wing Colorado Party,...
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  • drama film set in Paraguay in 1976, under the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner. It is based on the true story of Joel Filártiga (played by Anthony...
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    "Totalitarian and Authoritarian Dictators: A Comparison of Fidel Castro and Alfredo Stroessner". Journal of Latin American Studies. 23 (3): 599–620. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00015868...
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  • "Totalitarian and Authoritarian Dictators: A Comparison of Fidel Castro and Alfredo Stroessner". Journal of Latin American Studies. 23 (3): 599–620. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00015868...
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  • Paraguayan politician and government minister under the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner. He was the founder and first chairman of the Rural Welfare Institute...
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