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Dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1980

    Assassination of Anastasio Somoza in Asunción

    The killing of former Nicaraguan ruler Anastasio Somoza in Paraguay raised international scrutiny of the regime's protection of foreign authoritarian exiles and its connection to transnational political violence.

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  2. 1980

    Alleged abuses against peasants and Indigenous communities

    International groups reported killings, arrests, and coercive land practices affecting peasants and Indigenous people, including violence connected to official or allied encroachment on land.

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  3. 1978

    International condemnation of human-rights abuses

    Inter-American and OAS bodies criticized reports of torture, disappearances, political imprisonment, and violence against rural communities.

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  4. 1976

    Painful Easter arrests

    A broad wave of arrests during the period known as Painful Easter targeted political opponents and suspected dissidents, illustrating the scale of the regime's security apparatus.

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  5. 1974

    Security purge following alleged assassination plot

    After police captured guerrillas allegedly preparing to assassinate Stroessner, the regime arrested and interrogated more than 1,000 senior officials and Colorado Party members, including people suspected of assisting the plot.

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