The 1989 Coup d'Étát in Paraguay: The end of a long dictatorship, 1954-1989 Book

Helion & Company

The year 1989 was crucial for Paraguay. After a long period of 35 years of dictatorship, General Alfredo Stroessner was finally overthrown by a violent coup d\u2019\u00E9tat. In a sort of prophetic way, he once said \u2026\u201DI came to power by arms and I will only leave by arms\u201D and that came true on 2 February of that year. The 1989 Coup d\u2019\u00E9tat in Paraguay discusses Stroessner\u2019s climb to power during a coup of 1954, fraudulent elections that got him re-elected seven times, and the ways Stroessner kept himself afloat through cooperation with the armed forces, a right-wing political party, and the USA. Arguably, longing to maintain his popularity, the dictator launched a large number of major development projects, including construction of roads, water and sewage facilities, three big hydro-electrical power stations, and a build-up of an airline. At the same time, abuse of human rights and oppression of any kind of political opposition became a norm: dozens of p.