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Under Stroessner Paraguay was a leading participant in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor Operation Condor], a campaign of state-terror and security operations which were jointly conducted by the right-wing military governments of six Latin American countries (Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil). Human rights violations characteristic of those in other Latin American countries such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping kidnapping], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture torture], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_disappearance forced disappearance] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrajudicial_killing extrajudicial killing], were routine and systematic during the Stroessner regime. Following executions, many of the bodies of those killed by the regime were dumped in the Chaco or the Rio Paraguay. The discovery of the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_archives terror archives]" in 1992 in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambar%C3%A9 Lambaré] suburb of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n Asunción], confirmed allegations of widespread human rights violations.

Under Stroessner, egregious human rights violations were committed against the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ache Ache] Indian population of Paraguay's eastern districts. The Ache Indians resided on land that was coveted by foreign multinationals and had resisted relocation attempts by the Paraguayan army. The government retaliated with massacres and forced many Ache into slavery. In 1974 the UN accused Paraguay of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery slavery] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide genocide]. During his regime Stroessner also sheltered many exiles including Juan Peron and the Nazi scientist [[Josef Mengele]]

Under Stroessner, egregious human rights violations were committed against the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ache Ache] Indian population of Paraguay's eastern districts. The Ache Indians resided on land that was coveted by foreign multinationals and had resisted relocation attempts by the Paraguayan army. The government retaliated with massacres and forced many Ache into slavery. In 1974 the UN accused Paraguay of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery slavery] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide genocide]. During his regime Stroessner also sheltered many exiles including [[Juan Peron]] and the Nazi scientist [[Josef Mengele]]

==~~economic development~~==

==Economic Development==

Paraguay is a landlocked country. The mighty river of the same name, is divided into two dissimilar parts. These natural conditions make it perfect in there hydropower. For this reason, Stroessner initiated the construction of the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world. After graduating Paraguay has even become an exporter of electricity to neighboring countries and thus contribute to economic development. Another idea Stroessner was 20-acres of separation (at face value) plots to every soldier who has completed the service and agreed to use the resulting land for agricultural purposes. Nearly 10 thousand. soldiers took advantage of this offer.

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 Under Stroessner Paraguay was a leading participant in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor Operation Condor], a campaign of state-terror and security operations which were jointly conducted by the right-wing military governments of six Latin American countries (Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil). Human rights violations characteristic of those in other Latin American countries such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping kidnapping], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture torture], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_disappearance forced disappearance] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrajudicial_killing extrajudicial killing], were routine and systematic during the Stroessner regime. Following executions, many of the bodies of those killed by the regime were dumped in the Chaco or the Rio Paraguay. The discovery of the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_archives terror archives]" in 1992 in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambar%C3%A9 Lambaré] suburb of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n Asunción], confirmed allegations of widespread human rights violations.
-Under Stroessner, egregious human rights violations were committed against the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ache Ache] Indian population of Paraguay's eastern districts. The Ache Indians resided on land that was coveted by foreign multinationals and had resisted relocation attempts by the Paraguayan army. The government retaliated with massacres and forced many Ache into slavery. In 1974 the UN accused Paraguay of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery slavery] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide genocide]. During his regime Stroessner also sheltered many exiles including Juan Peron and the Nazi scientist [[Josef Mengele]]
+Under Stroessner, egregious human rights violations were committed against the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ache Ache] Indian population of Paraguay's eastern districts. The Ache Indians resided on land that was coveted by foreign multinationals and had resisted relocation attempts by the Paraguayan army. The government retaliated with massacres and forced many Ache into slavery. In 1974 the UN accused Paraguay of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery slavery] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide genocide]. During his regime Stroessner also sheltered many exiles including [[Juan Peron]] and the Nazi scientist [[Josef Mengele]]
-==economic development==
+==Economic Development==
 Paraguay is a landlocked country. The mighty river of the same name, is divided into two dissimilar parts. These natural conditions make it perfect in there hydropower. For this reason, Stroessner initiated the construction of the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world. After graduating Paraguay has even become an exporter of electricity to neighboring countries and thus contribute to economic development. Another idea Stroessner was 20-acres of separation (at face value) plots to every soldier who has completed the service and agreed to use the resulting land for agricultural purposes. Nearly 10 thousand. soldiers took advantage of this offer.