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 from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow from power on 3 February 1989.

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. He was 93.

3 days ago · Las cifras de Argentina y Chile han ganado mayor visibilidad pero miles más se han esfumado en la región y los paraguayos enfrentan un reto particular: a pesar de que Stroessner dejó el poder hace más de tres décadas, su legado …

3 days ago · ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — 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 Stroessner never truly left. “This is probably the only country in which the political party that supported a dictator, once he is gone, remains in power,” said Alfredo Boccia, a researcher of ...

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.

Aug 16, 2006 · Paraguay's former military ruler Alfredo Stroessner has died aged 93 in a hospital in the Brazilian capital. Gen Stroessner had contracted pneumonia following an operation for a hernia on 29...

May 23, 2018 · From 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.

Aug 24, 2006 · General Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, dictator of Paraguay, died on August 16th, aged 93

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 ruled the country as a de facto one-party state under an authoritarian military dictatorship, from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989.