Stroessner, 93, had lived in Brazil since he was toppled in military coup in 1989 after ruling Paraguay for 34 years. “He has just died,” a spokesman for the Santa Luzia hospital said on Wednesday ...

Alfredo Stroessner, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay with a blend of force, guile and patronage for 35 years, becoming one of Latin America's most enduring dictators, died in exile ...

BRASILIA, Brazil – Alfredo Stroessner, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay for decades with a blend of force, guile and patronage before his ouster in 1989, died in exile Wednesday. He ...

If Latin American presidents who get themselves re-elected are regarded with grave suspicion by their electorates, then the blame rests largely with dictators such as Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Brasilia, Brazil – Alfredo Stroessner, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay with a blend of force, guile and patronage before his ouster in ...

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 ...

ASUNCION, ParaguayASUNCION, Paraguay — Human rights activists gained access Wednesday to a dictatorship-era military archive that appears to contain long-held secrets about Paraguay’s persecution of ...

ASUNCION, Paraguay – The eldest son of the late dictator Alfredo Stroessner has died in Paraguay, and a human rights activist said Monday the death makes it more difficult to recover a huge fortune ...

GENERAL Alfredo Stroessner, the former President of Paraguay who died last week aged 93, was one of the last of Latin America's old-style military dictators. Stroessner toppled President Federico ...

General Alfredo Stroessner, the former President of Paraguay who died yesterday aged 93, was one of the last of Latin America's old-style military dictators. 17 August 2006 • 12:01am Stroessner came ...

Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda was born on November 3 1912 at Encarnacion. His mother, Heriberta, came from a wealthy Paraguayan family. After leaving school at 16 Stroessner joined the Paraguayan army, ...