Alfredo Stroessner, 93, Old-Style Military Dictator of Paraguay
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General Alfredo Stroessner, the former President of Paraguay who died yesterday at 93, was one of the last of Latin America’s old-style military dictators.
Stroessner came to power in a coup which toppled the previous president, Federico Chavez, in 1954,and succeeded in being elected and re-elected for eight five-year terms of office after revising the constitution, which had banned him from serving for more than two.
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