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Judi Lynn

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2. This info. is linked in the article above, re. 35 yr. dictatatorship of pedophile Alfredo Stroessner
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 10:59 PM
Aug 2019

Who was Alfredo Stroessner, the pedophile dictator of Paraguay who kept young girls as slaves

The Paraguayan dictator regime kidnapped children and kept a harem of sex slaves in the Sajonia neighborhood of Asunción. In there lived girls of all ages after the age of eight, most of them between 10 and 15 years of age

Luan Sperandio

The meeting between president Jair Bolsonaro and Paraguayan president Mario Abdo Benítez was marked by controversy when, during his speech, the Brazilian called former dictator Alfredo Stroessner a “statesman”.

The context of his praise regarded the Paraguayan’s support in the construction of the Itaipu plant, however, at a moment in which Brazil is occupying a position of relevance along the Lima Group after endorsing requests for a redemocratization of Venezuela, his speech caused discomfort, since Stroessner was one of the most controversial of all South American dictators.

A military officer which belonged to the most backward wing of the Colorado Party, he rose to power after helping to overthrow Federico Chavez through a coup, in 1954, and then winning the following election – in which he was the sole candidate.

Remaining in the Palacio de los López until 1989, his administration was marked by a constant state of emergency and an appearance of democracy: there was an opposition, a parliament and elections were held, but the regime exerted its control through censorship and the arrest, exile or murder of the main opposition figures. Besides, elections were rigged – Stroessner obtained over 90 percent of voting intentions in all eight elections he took part.

More:
https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/wiseup-news/who-was-alfredo-stroessner-the-pedophile-dictator-of-paraguay-who-kept-young-girls-as-slaves/

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