Dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner

Republic of Paraguay
República del Paraguay
1954–1989
Motto: Paz y Progreso (Spanish)
Peace and Progress
Location of Paraguay
CapitalAsunción
Common languagesSpanish, Guarani
GovernmentUnitary one-party presidential republic under an authoritarian military dictatorship
President 
• 1954–1989
Alfredo Stroessner
Historical eraCold War
4 May 1954
3 February 1989
CurrencyGuaraní
ISO 3166 codePY
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Paraguay
Paraguay

The dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, colloquially known as Stronismo or Stronato, was the period of almost 35 years in the history of Paraguay in which army general Alfredo Stroessner ruled the country as a de facto one-party state under an authoritarian military dictatorship, from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989.[1]

  1. ^ Pozzo, Aníbal Orué. "Los primeros años del stronismo: Conflictos internos y relaciones Paraguay Brasil 1956-1958". Revista Estudios Paraguayos (in Spanish) (1): 209–252.

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