Tag: Alfredo Stroessner

• Monday, September 29th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

  Protest in Asunción leaves at least 31 arrested

  

  Numerous arrests were reported Sunday in downtown Asunción amid protests staged by a citizens' group known as Generación Z Paraguay against an initiative to reform the Constitution and make former President Horacio Cartes eligible again.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  IACHR to evaluate Paraguayan President's express impeachment back in 2012

  

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has agreed to accept the case of former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo against the Paraguayan State for his removal of office through impeachment in June 2012.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 23:35 UTC

  The spirit of Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas returning to the skies next year?

  

  A private group is determined to bring back to life the defunct Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas (LAP), which used to be the South American country's flag airline between the 1960s and 1990s, it was announced in Asunción.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Bolsonaro pays tribute to Brazilian and Paraguayan military rulers

  

  Jair Bolsonaro paid tribute to the former dictators of Brazil and Paraguay this week at a ceremony to celebrate the Itaipu hydroelectric dam. The Brazilian president, who has spoken previously of his admiration for the military dictatorship that ruled his nation from 1964 to 1985, praised former Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner as a “man of vision.”

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

  New president takes office in Paraguay pledging to combat poverty and corruption

  

  Mario Abdo Benitez, “Marito”, took over as Paraguay's new president on Wednesday, replacing a seemingly disgruntled Horacio Cartes, who left the inauguration ceremony before it finished. Abdo Benitez, 46, promised to combat poverty and entrenched corruption, and urged Paraguayans to “look toward the future and not remain stuck in the past” as he took the oath of office to start a five-year term.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2015 - 07:29 UTC

  Paraguay refuses to acknowledge US$ 85m debt from dictator's time

  

  Paraguay’s three branches of government agreed on Monday that Asuncion bears no obligation to repay $85 million borrowed by a representative of the late Gen. Alfredo Stroessner during the waning years of the 1954-1989 military regime.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 02:28 UTC

  Brazil fears disclosure of ‘nuclear secrets’ could affect relations with Argentina

  

  Brazilian Defence and diplomatic sources consider ‘highly inconvenient’ disclosing documents from the time of the military dictatorship (1964/1985) and from other administrations because they could reveal nuclear secrets and affect relations with Argentina, according to Folha de Sao Paulo.