Dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner

The dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner (Spanish: Dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner), colloquially known as the 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 a military dictatorship, from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989. == Historical context == After World War II and overthrow of the Higinio Moríñigo regime, Juan Natalicio González assumed the Presidency, but he was soon overthrown and followed by Presidents who held power for only a few months each.

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