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{{Quote|There just don't seem to be many dictators about nowadays. Certainly not here in South America for these are the days of the generals. In most countries the military have got together and thrown out their strongmen. Argentina and Peru, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Guatemala. They've all sent their dictators into exile to live near their numbered bank accounts. But not here. This is Paraguay still firmly in the hands of the last of the hemisphere's old style dictators. A military despot who's ruled his little known land sternly and absolutely for 16 years. His excellency General Don Alfredo Stroessner President of Paraguay a man with power over life and death who's grip shows no sign of weakening who remains The Last Dictator.|Introduction to a documentary about Alfredo Stroessner by Alan Whicker}} | |||
'''Alfredo Stroessner '''was a Paraguayan military officer and the country's president from 1954 to 1989. HIs rule was the 14th longest ever by state leaders. | '''Alfredo Stroessner '''was a Paraguayan military officer and the country's president from 1954 to 1989. HIs rule was the 14th longest ever by state leaders. | ||