Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Spanish: [alˈfɾeðo esˈtɾosneɾ]; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer, politician, and dictator who served as President of Paraguay …

4 days ago · Former detainees react as retired Police Commissioner Eusebio Torres receives a 30-year sentence for torturing detainees during Gen. Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship, at …

4 days ago · The numbers in Argentina and Chile might have gained the most visibility, but thousands more have vanished elsewhere under dictatorships and armed conflicts. …

3 days ago · 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 …

4 days ago · Experts say Stroessner’s control was unchallenged by other military strongmen in the region. He served as Paraguay’s president, leader of his conservative Colorado Party, …

Jun 29, 2024 · Seventy years since General Alfredo Stroessner seized power in the small Latin American country, memories of his bloody legacy and the massacre it triggered in 2012 live on.

Aug 17, 2006 · Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay's former military dictator who ruled from 1954 to 1989 through a mix of populism, patronage and repression, died in Brazil Wednesday.

Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (Encarnación, November 3, 1912 - Brasilia, August 16, 2006) was a Paraguayan soldier, politician, and dictator who led his country as President of the Republic …

The dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, colloquially known as the Stronismo or Stronato, was the period of almost 35 years in the history of Paraguay in which army general Alfredo Stroessner …

4 days ago · Despite being ousted in 1989 after a 35-year reign of terror, during which 20,000 people were tortured, executed or disappeared, some Paraguayans feel as if Gen. Alfredo …