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Alfredo Stroessner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (November 3, 1912–August 16, 2006) was a politician and general from Paraguay who served as president of that country from 1954 to 1989. Stroessner was, however, known for several positive economic policies, including the building of the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world in Itaipu, with which he exported electricity to other countries, developing Paraguay's economy. Stroessner died of a lung complication on 16 August 2006, in Brasília, at the age of 93. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfredo_Stroessner   (1155 words)

Alfredo Stroessner, Dictator of the Month, April 2003 Alfredo Stroessner was born on 03 November 1912 in Encarncion, Paraguay; his father, Hugo was an accountant for a brewery who emigrated from Hof Germany; his mother, Heriberta Matiauda was a Paraguayan national. Stroessner became president and then was re-elected to 8 consecutive terms (in 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988), enjoying the longest rule in Latin America in the 20th Century, staying in power for 35 years. Stroessner was a very energetic leader and reportedly started his working days at 04.oo by giving orders from his bed and going to work in the government palace no later than 06.oo; Wit exception for a 3 hour break at mid-day, Stroessner reportedly worked until 01.oo and never took a vacation during his rule. www.dictatorofthemonth.com /Stroessner/Apr2003StroessnerEN.htm   (622 words)

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | General Alfredo Stroessner Stroessner's father was a German immigrant and brewery founder, but young Alfredo disdained the life of a brewer and entered the Paraguayan military college in 1929 at the age of 17. Stroessner ensured the loyalty of his allies by judicious division of the spoils, particularly the lucrative contraband trade - backbone of the otherwise agricultural economy. Stroessner and his family were allowed to leave for exile in Brasilia, where Lecayá (the Old Man - his nickname in the Guaraní; language) lived out his days in almost total isolation, before a bout of pneumonia after a hernia operation at the Hospital Santa Luzia, Brasilia, finished him off. www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,,1851906,00.html   (1170 words)

Paraguay - The Stroessner Regime The son of an immigrant German brewer and a Paraguayan woman, Alfredo Stroessner was born in Encarnación in 1912. Stroessner took a hard line from the beginning in his declaration of a state of siege, which he renewed carefully at intervals prescribed by the constitution. Stroessner's response was to employ the state's virtually unlimited power by giving a free hand to the military and to Minister of Interior Edgar Ynsfrán, who began to harass, terrorize, and occasionally murder family members of the regime's foes. countrystudies.us /paraguay/18.htm   (1054 words)

Paraguay's Stroessner dies a free man | World War 4 Report ALFREDO STROESSNER was one of Latin America’s longest-serving dictators, ruling Paraguay for 35 years, until he was deposed by a military coup in February 1989. Alfredo Stroessner Mattiauda was born in Encarnación, on the border with Argentina, in 1912. Their son Alfredo was sent to the military college in the capital, Asunción, at the age of 16, and within four years he saw action, as a young artillery officer, in the Chaco War against Bolivia, 1932-35. ww4report.com /node/2344   (1891 words)

Former Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner dies in Brazil at 93   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Stroessner came down with pneumonia after a hernia operation in Brazil's capital, where he had lived in near total isolation since he was forced from power. Dominguez Stroessner said his grandfather left no instructions on his funeral but that the family was considering a burial in Encarnacion, the Paraguayan city where the former dictator was born. Stroessner oversaw Paraguay's transformation from a country with open sewers and no running water, even in the capital, to a relatively prosperous and modern country. www.cbc.ca /cp/world/060816/w081652.html   (534 words)

Alfredo Stroessner, 93, Old-Style Military Dictator of Paraguay - August 17, 2006 - The New York Sun General Alfredo Stroessner, the former President of Paraguay who died yesterday at 93, was one of the last of Latin America's old-style military dictators. Stroessner came to power in a coup which toppled the previous president, Federico Chavez, in 1954,and succeeded in being elected and re-elected for eight five-year terms of office after revising the constitution, which had banned him from serving for more than two. Much was made of Stroessner's sympathy for Nazism — he provided a haven for Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz doctor, among other undesirables — yet he was as much a Paraguayan peasant at heart: devious, calculating and shrewd, with little in the way of a political ideology. www.nysun.com /article/38108   (387 words)

Stroessner, Alfredo Alfredo Stroessner served as dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. The Stroessner regime did not approve of this and began to invade the Catholic universities, beating the students and arresting the teachers. Stroessner also tried to shift the people's focus off the church and on to the good accomplishments of his regime. www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b4stroessnerda.htm   (512 words)

FOXNews.com - Former Paraguayan Dictator Dies at 93 - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | ... Stroessner contracted pneumonia after a hernia operation in Brazil's capital, where he had lived i1102n near total isolation since he was forced from power. Stroessner seized power in a 1954 coup and through fraud and repression, held it for 35 years to become one of Latin America's longest-ruling strongmen. Stroessner's iron grip began to loosen in the mid-1980s, when protesters and police sometimes fought in the streets of Asuncion, unrest inconceivable a few years earlier. www.foxnews.com /wires/2006Aug16/0,4670,ObitStroessner,00.html   (795 words)

Alfredo Stroessner; longtime dictator of Paraguay; 93 | The San Diego Union-Tribune Alfredo Stroessner; longtime dictator of Paraguay; 93 Alfredo Stroessner, the former president of Paraguay whose harsh and capricious 35-year hold on power made him South America's most enduring dictator during the Cold War and gave him the aura of a character out of a Gabriel García Márquez novel, died Wednesday. Stroessner is survived by his wife, the former Eligia Mora, of Asuncion; a son, Gustavo Adolfo, who lived with him in Brazil; and a daughter, Graciela Concepción de Domínguez, also of Asuncion. www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060819/news_1m19stroessn.html   (715 words)

Alfredo - Search Results - MSN Encarta Cristiani, Alfredo, born in 1947, president of El Salvador (1989-1994), born in San Salvador and educated in the United States at Georgetown... Stroessner, Alfredo (1912-2006), dictator-president of Paraguay (1954-1989), born in Encarnación, and educated at the Military College in Asunción.... Casella, Alfredo (1883-1947), Italian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher, known for his encouragement of 20th-century music. ca.encarta.msn.com /Alfredo.html   (81 words)

BreakingNews.ie: Former Paraguayan dictator Stroessner dies in Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Alfredo Stroessner, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay with a blend of force, guile and patronage for 35 years before his ousting in 1989, died in exile today. Stroessner came down with pneumonia after a hernia operation in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, where he had lived in near total isolation during the 17 years since he was forced from power. Alfredo Dominguez Stroessner, the former dictator’s grandson, told Paraguay’s Radio Mil from Brasilia today that the family was considering burying the former leader in Encarnacion, the Paraguayan city where Stroessner was born on November 3, 1912. www.breakingnews.ie /2006/08/16/story272473.html   (943 words)

BBC NEWS | Americas | Obituary: Alfredo Stroessner Alfredo Stroessner was Paraguay's military leader for 35 years, from 1954 to 1989. Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda was born in Encarnacion in southern Paraguay in November 1912. Stroessner was "re-elected" eight consecutive times before being himself overthrown in a military coup in February 1989 and going into exile in Brazil. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4792281.stm   (570 words)

Stroessner Alfredo - Search Results - MSN Encarta Stroessner, Alfredo (1912-2006), Paraguayan military leader and president of Paraguay (1954-1989), born in Encarnación, and educated at the... Alfredo Stroessner had been the dictator of Paraguay... The electorate on July 11 endorsed General Alfredo Stroessner, Commander-in-Chief of the army and head of the Colorado Party. uk.encarta.msn.com /Stroessner_Alfredo.html   (102 words)

Alfredo Stroessner Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography Alfredo Stroessner (born 1912) became president of Paraguay in 1954, and ruled as a dictator until he was overthrown and forced into exile in 1989. Alfredo Stroessner was born on Nov. 3, 1912, at the southeastern Paraguayan border city of Encarnación. Stroessner's administration was founded on an alliance between the military and the dominant Colorado Party. www.bookrags.com /biography-alfredo-stroessner/index.html   (677 words)

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Stroessner buried in exile Stroessner, a strongly anti-communist general who epitomised an era of authoritarian rule in Latin America, died on Wednesday in the Brazilian capital where he lived in exile since 1989. Stroessner died at the age of 93 on Wednesday in Brasilia, where he had lived in exile since he was overthrown in a military coup in 1989. Stroessner, the son of a German immigrant and a Paraguayan peasant, seized power in 1954. news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=1209692006   (771 words)

Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Alfredo Stroessner, Alfredo STROESSNER, ALFREDO [Stroessner, Alfredo], 1912-, president and dictator of Paraguay (1954-89). Panzini, Alfredo PANZINI, ALFREDO [Panzini, Alfredo], 1863-1939, Italian novelist and lexicographer; pupil of Giosuè Carducci. Wanted—a Wife, 1922), and Il Casella, Alfredo CASELLA, ALFREDO [Casella, Alfredo], 1883-1947, Italian composer, pianist, conductor, and writer on music; pupil of Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatory. www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Alfredo   (651 words)

Alfredo Stroessner: revisiting the general Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Stroessner had been hustled out of the country and had gone to ground in Brazil, where he sat in his beach-house, under siege from a press corps in bathing-suits. There were so many things Stroessner clung to: that the army had not been unhappy; that he had never insisted that officers join the Colorado party; [ ] that those who ousted Stroessner were members of a small clique who did it for no other reason than that of squalid personal ambition. There were also two Stroessners: one, the beloved father of the people, progressive and popular; the second, the man who, for thirty-five years, ran a state of terror in the name of national security and the fight against communism. www.opendemocracy.net /debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=33&articleId=3834   (2021 words)

IRC Americas Program | Stroessner's Death Closes Dark Chapter of History His wife died of a heart attack at the age of 33, after she received a telephone call in which the military played a recording of the screams of her husband as he was being tortured. Stroessner seized power in a coup d'etat in May 1954, and then changed the constitution to allow him to stay in power for eight consecutive terms. Stroessner's family, the military and several Red Party senators have requested that the former dictator's body be returned to Paraguay and buried with state honors, but human rights groups are prepared to fight the idea. americas.irc-online.org /am/3460   (877 words)

Ex-Paraguayan dictator Stroessner dies - Americas - MSNBC.com An undated file photo shows Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner applauding during a rally for the Colorado political party in Asuncion. Stroessner died Wednesday at a hospital in the Brazilian capital Brasilia, where he has lived in exile since being toppled in a 1989 military coup, the hospital said. Stroessner died of a stroke after coming down with pneumonia following a hernia operation in Brazil's capital, where he lived in near total isolation during the 17 years since he was forced from power. But Stroessner also brought Paraguay into the modern age, transforming a country with open sewers and no running water, even in the capital of Asuncion, into a relatively prosperous and modern nation. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/14379677   (595 words)

Scotsman.com News - Paraguay's corrupt former dictator dies after 17 years' exile ALFREDO Stroessner, the anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay with a tyrannical blend of violence and guile for 35 years before his downfall in 1989, died in exile yesterday. Stroessner, who had lived in near total isolation during the 17 years since he was forced from power, died of a stroke as his family gathered round him, said Alfredo Dominguez Stroessner, a grandson. Stroessner oversaw Paraguay's transformation from a country of open sewers and no running water, even in the capital, Asuncion, to a relatively prosperous and modern nation. news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1202622006   (604 words)

Stroessner, Alfredo - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) STROESSNER, ALFREDO [Stroessner, Alfredo], 1912-, president and dictator of Paraguay (1954-89). Of a German Paraguayan family, he was commissioned an officer (1932) and fought in the Chaco War (1932-35). PARAGUAY'S EXILED EX-DICTATOR ALFREDO STROESSNER DIES IN BRAZIL.(Alfredo Stroessner)(Obituary) www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-stroessn.html   (314 words)

Ex-Paraguayan Dictator Stroessner Dies, Ex-Paraguayan Dictator Alfredo Stroessner Dies at 93; Ruled for 35 Years Before ... Following his ouster, Stroessner was granted political asylum and lived as a recluse in Brazil, where his asylum status made extradition impossible. Stroessner oversaw Paraguay's transformation from a country with open sewers and no running water, even in the capital, to a relatively prosperous and modern nation. Stroessner, meanwhile, put his name on schools, public buildings and the international airport. www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/08/16/ap/world/mainD8JHM78G0.shtml   (869 words)

All Headline News - Former Paraguayan Dictator Alfredo Stroessner Is Dead At 93 - October 29, 2006 Brasilia, Brazil (AHN) - Former dictator of Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner, dies in a Brazilian hospital. Stroessner ruled the country for 35 years until he was ousted in 1989 and subsequently exiled. Paraguay said earlier that it would not pay tribute to him because he was wanted for questioning over the disappearance of political prisoners in the 1970s. www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7004558798   (221 words)

Dictator Biographies Alfredo Stroessner seized power in Paraguay in 1954, leading an army coup deposing President Federico Chavez. Soon after 1954 coup Stroessner was credited with stabilizing the country's currency, moderating inflation, and providing new schools, roads, and health facilities, though half of the national income was spent on the military. Stroessner still looked as if he'd be dictator for life, but in 1988 one of his closest generals, Andres Rodriguez, a known drug dealer, took over after a coup. www.strategyplanet.com /tropico/dictators2.shtml   (3939 words)

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