"It has been asserted that the Roman Catholic Church is the only reason Stroessner did not have absolute control over the country. After the destruction of AsunciĂłn University in 1972 by police, the Archbishop of Paraguay Ismael RolĂłn Silvero excommunicated the minister of the interior and the chief of police, and proscribed the celebration of Holy Mass in a sign of protest against the Stroessner regime. When Pope John Paul II visited Paraguay in 1988, his visit bolstered what was already a robust anti-Stroessner movement within the country."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Stroessner#:~:text=It%20has%20been,within%20the%20country.
Not all bad, I guess:
"There was no income tax and public spending was the smallest percentage of GDP in Latin America."
I suppose most of their budget was paid by U.S. tax payers since "Between 1962 and 1975 the US provided $146 million to Paraguay's military government"? 🤔
"opposition leaders continued to be arbitrarily arrested"
Sound familiar?
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"Stroessner was ousted in a coup d'Ă©tat led by General AndrĂ©s RodrĂguez, his closest confidant for over three decades. One reason for the coup was that the generals feared one of Stroessner's offspring would succeed him. Of the two, Alfredo was a cocaine addict and Gustavo, a pilot, was loathed for being homosexual. "
"After the coup, Stroessner fled to Brazil, where he lived in exile for the next 17 years. ...He tried to return to Paraguay before his death, but he was rebuked and threatened with arrest by the government. ...Stroessner died on 16 August 2006, in BrasĂlia, at the age of 93. ...Stroessner engaged in extramarital affairs before and during his presidency. According to many sources he also engaged in child abuse with girls as young as 8 years old. As a result of this he may have fathered over 30 illegitimate children."
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