Alfredo Stroessner
Alfredo Stroessner
Alfredo Stroessner Matiaudawas a Paraguayan military officer who served as President of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. He ascended to the position after leading an army coup in 1954. His 35-year-long rule is the longest in modern Latin American history. Stroessner's rule is ranked 20th-longest among other non-royal national leaders since 1870, and made him one of the world's longest-serving non-royal heads of state...
NationalityParaguayan
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth3 November 1912
CountryParaguay
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The state of siege was necessary. There was subversion in Latin America. It was more of a preventive measure. It wasn't used much.
I was always confident that I knew. I never expected this.
A lot of people have asked for interviews, but we have said no. This is a special case. But we are in political asylum. We have to be careful.
We can't make any statements here. We can't talk about the internal politics of Paraguay.
There was no reason for a revolution in Paraguay.