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.

4 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 ...

4 days ago · ASUNCIÓN (AP) — A pesar de haber sido derrocado en 1989 tras 35 años de una dictadura que dejó 20.000 víctimas de torturas, ejecuciones y desapariciones, algunos sienten que el fantasma del general Alfredo Stroessner aún ronda Paraguay.

4 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 army coup in 1954. One of Latin America’s longest-serving rulers, he was overthrown in 1989.

4 days ago · Federico Tatter holds a photo of his father, who was detained and disappeared in Argentina in 1976 during Paraguay's Stroessner dictatorship, during an interview at the Military Academy in ...

Alfredo Stroessner ruled Paraguay for three and a half decades; his dictatorship has continued to overshadow the country since his ouster in 1989, despite its formal democratization. His Colorado Party has retained firm control over the state through clientelistic practices. Civil society remains weak after being subjected to “preventive repression” under the dictatorship. Corruption is ...

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.

4 days ago · The most well-known of these mass disappearances occurred in Argentina and Chile during their military dictatorships. There are similarly wrenching but less well-known traumas elsewhere in the region. ... during which 20,000 people were tortured, executed or disappeared, some Paraguayans feel as if Gen. Alfredo Stroessner never truly left ...

Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (pronunciación en alemán: /[ˈʃtʁœsnɐ]ˈ/; Encarnación, 3 de noviembre de 1912-Brasilia, 16 de agosto de 2006) fue un militar, político y dictador paraguayo. Lideró su país como presidente de facto desde el 15 de agosto de 1954 hasta el 3 de febrero de 1989, cuando fue derrocado por un golpe de Estado .

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.