Stroessner
Americannoun
noun
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Mexicans marched demanding electoral autonomy for this year’s general election, and former detainees in Paraguay celebrated the conviction of a retired police commissioner who tortured people during the Stroessner dictatorship in 1976.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
If he does, it would mark a dramatic shift in a relationship that date backs to 1957 under two U.S.-backed autocrats, Taiwan’s Chiang Kai-shek and Paraguay’s Alfredo Stroessner.
From Reuters ● Apr. 5, 2023
“The figure of Stroessner emerges as the great strongman who was going to put an end to the anarchy and politicking of the political parties,” he said.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020
The gray-bearded Dr. Filártiga was among the most prominent critics of Stroessner, who ruled the landlocked South American country for 35 years before being ousted in a 1989 coup.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2019
When he had overstayed his welcome in the U.S, he moved on to Paraguay, hosted by his fellow dictator, Gen. Alfredo Stroessner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2018
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