The 1989 Coup d'Étát in Paraguay: The End of a Long Dictatorship

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The 1989 Coup d'Étát in Paraguay:
The End of a Long Dictatorship
By
Tom Cooper
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The year 1989 was crucial for Paraguay.
After a long period of 35 years of dictatorship, General Alfredo Stroessner was finally overthrown by a violent coup d’état.
In a sort of prophetic way, he once said …”I came to power by arms and I will only leave by arms” and that came true on 2 February of that year.
The 1989 Coup d’état in Paraguay discusses Stroessner’s climb to power
during a coup of 1954, fraudulent elections that got him re-elected seven
times, and the ways Stroessner kept himself afloat through cooperation
with
the armed forces, a right-wing political party, and the USA. Arguably, longing
to maintain his popularity, the dictator launched a large number of major
development projects, including construction of roads, water and sewage
facilities, three big hydro-electrical power stations, and a build-up of an
airline.
At the same time, abuse of human rights and oppression of any kind of
political opposition became a norm: dozens of political prisoners were
tortured and even executed, and thousands driven into exile.
As could be expected from a dictator with a military background, Stroessner
prompted a major expansion and a build-up of the armed forces and the police,
too.
Nevertheless, it was the armed forces of Paraguay that brought about his demise:
the coup that finally ended Stroessner’s rule was planned by General Andres Rodriguez, the Commander of the I Army Corps – and then with full support of
large segments of the Army, Air Force and the Navy of Paraguay.
A detailed description of the coup in question, and how Stroessner was driven
into exile in Brazil, is the centerpiece of this narrative.
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80   Pages
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