Podcasts about Alfredo Stroessner

Este 2025, se cumplen 50 años del inicio de uno de los episodios más oscuros de la historia de América Latina. En plena guerra fría, el 25 de noviembre de 1975, los servicios de inteligencia de varias dictaduras militares de Sudamérica apoyados por Estados Unidos y la CIA sellaron en una reunión en Santiago de Chile un plan siniestro de represión política y terrorismo de Estado contra los movimientos de izquierda, llamado el Plan Cóndor. Hoy les hablamos del caso paraguayo con el libro del escritor y periodista francés Pablo Daniel Magee 'La pluma del Cóndor', publicado en español este año. Este libro publicado en español por la Editorial Descontrol es el fruto de siete años de entrevistas e investigaciones sobre Martín Almada, fallecido en 2024, quien cambió la historia de Paraguay y del continente al descubrir en 1992 los llamados “archivos del terror”.El autor conoció a Almada en una cena en Paraguay cuando estaba en el país para instalar bombas de agua en comunidades indígenas. El azar hizo que los sentaran codo a codo en la mesa y la conexión fue inmediata. Pasaron horas hablando sobre la vida de Almada. "Me entró el virus y dije 'sobre este hombre yo escribo', recuerda Pablo Daniel Magee. A partir de entonces fueron años de amistad y entrevistas y también de trabajo conjunto. El resultado fue esta novela histórica sobre la vida de Almada, desde su infancia en el Chaco paraguayo hasta el descubrimiento de cinco toneladas de documentos que revelaban la existencia del Plan Cóndor, el pacto entre las dictaduras de Chile, Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia, Uruguay y Paraguay.Unos documentos que contienen listas de víctimas, informes de inteligencia, órdenes de secuestro que Magee también estuvo estudiando. "Es sumamente duro. Uno se espera encontrar ciertas cosas, pero otras no. Lo que me impactó mucho fue ver cómo niños que tenían 11 años fueron considerados terroristas y asesinados", afirma. Profesor, abogado y defensor de derechos humanos, Martín Almada fue él mismo víctima de la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner. "Fue víctima, pero siempre un luchador y combatiente", explica Magee. Almada fue encarcelado y torturado, también lo fue su esposa, Celestina Pérez, que murió en la prisión a causa de las torturas. "Cuando fallece, eso prende un fuego en Almada que nunca se va a apagar, nunca se va a apagar hasta traer ante la justicia a los responsables", explica el escritor. A pesar del enorme descubrimiento que hizo Almada, la traducción judicial de esas pruebas en Paraguay ha sido marginal. Contrariamente a países como Argentina, no ha habido procesos. Está el ejemplo de Agustín Goburú Giménez, médico opositor a Stroessner, secuestrado en Argentina por agentes paraguayos, torturado y desaparecido en Asunción. La Corte Interamericana de DDHH condenó a Paraguay en 2006, pero ningún responsable fue sancionado a pesar de que había pruebas en esos archivos del terror. "Hay un tema de impunidad tremendo en Paraguay. Cuando Alfredo Stroessner cae, el 3 de febrero del 89, se va a Brasil al exilio. Le mandan la foto del nuevo gobierno de Paraguay y dicen 'sólo falto yo'. La misma gente siguió en el poder y no destruyeron los archivos del terror y por eso Martín Almada pudo encontrarlos. Martín hizo todo lo necesario para traer el caso de la dictadura paraguaya ante la justicia argentina", explica.La labor de Almada sigue a través del Museo de la Memoria de Asunción, dirigido por su viuda, María Estela Cáceres. "Hay que reconocer el trabajo muy importante que hace", reivindica Magee quien además aconseja ver la película de Anna Recalde Miranda 'De la guerra fría a la guerra verde'."Ella retoma la investigación donde yo la dejé y muestra cómo el cóndor sigue volando, tal y como decía Martín Almada, pasaron de matar comunistas a matar a la gente que lucha por los derechos de la tierra", concluye.  #EscalaenParís también está en redes socialesUn programa coordinado por Florencia Valdés, realizado por Souheil Khedir y Vanessa Loiseau.

Este 2025, se cumplen 50 años del inicio de uno de los episodios más oscuros de la historia de América Latina. En plena guerra fría, el 25 de noviembre de 1975, los servicios de inteligencia de varias dictaduras militares de Sudamérica apoyados por Estados Unidos y la CIA sellaron en una reunión en Santiago de Chile un plan siniestro de represión política y terrorismo de Estado contra los movimientos de izquierda, llamado el Plan Cóndor. Hoy les hablamos del caso paraguayo con el libro del escritor y periodista francés Pablo Daniel Magee 'La pluma del Cóndor', publicado en español este año. Este libro publicado en español por la Editorial Descontrol es el fruto de siete años de entrevistas e investigaciones sobre Martín Almada, fallecido en 2024, quien cambió la historia de Paraguay y del continente al descubrir en 1992 los llamados “archivos del terror”.El autor conoció a Almada en una cena en Paraguay cuando estaba en el país para instalar bombas de agua en comunidades indígenas. El azar hizo que los sentaran codo a codo en la mesa y la conexión fue inmediata. Pasaron horas hablando sobre la vida de Almada. "Me entró el virus y dije 'sobre este hombre yo escribo', recuerda Pablo Daniel Magee. A partir de entonces fueron años de amistad y entrevistas y también de trabajo conjunto. El resultado fue esta novela histórica sobre la vida de Almada, desde su infancia en el Chaco paraguayo hasta el descubrimiento de cinco toneladas de documentos que revelaban la existencia del Plan Cóndor, el pacto entre las dictaduras de Chile, Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia, Uruguay y Paraguay.Unos documentos que contienen listas de víctimas, informes de inteligencia, órdenes de secuestro que Magee también estuvo estudiando. "Es sumamente duro. Uno se espera encontrar ciertas cosas, pero otras no. Lo que me impactó mucho fue ver cómo niños que tenían 11 años fueron considerados terroristas y asesinados", afirma. Profesor, abogado y defensor de derechos humanos, Martín Almada fue él mismo víctima de la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner. "Fue víctima, pero siempre un luchador y combatiente", explica Magee. Almada fue encarcelado y torturado, también lo fue su esposa, Celestina Pérez, que murió en la prisión a causa de las torturas. "Cuando fallece, eso prende un fuego en Almada que nunca se va a apagar, nunca se va a apagar hasta traer ante la justicia a los responsables", explica el escritor. A pesar del enorme descubrimiento que hizo Almada, la traducción judicial de esas pruebas en Paraguay ha sido marginal. Contrariamente a países como Argentina, no ha habido procesos. Está el ejemplo de Agustín Goburú Giménez, médico opositor a Stroessner, secuestrado en Argentina por agentes paraguayos, torturado y desaparecido en Asunción. La Corte Interamericana de DDHH condenó a Paraguay en 2006, pero ningún responsable fue sancionado a pesar de que había pruebas en esos archivos del terror. "Hay un tema de impunidad tremendo en Paraguay. Cuando Alfredo Stroessner cae, el 3 de febrero del 89, se va a Brasil al exilio. Le mandan la foto del nuevo gobierno de Paraguay y dicen 'sólo falto yo'. La misma gente siguió en el poder y no destruyeron los archivos del terror y por eso Martín Almada pudo encontrarlos. Martín hizo todo lo necesario para traer el caso de la dictadura paraguaya ante la justicia argentina", explica.La labor de Almada sigue a través del Museo de la Memoria de Asunción, dirigido por su viuda, María Estela Cáceres. "Hay que reconocer el trabajo muy importante que hace", reivindica Magee quien además aconseja ver la película de Anna Recalde Miranda 'De la guerra fría a la guerra verde'."Ella retoma la investigación donde yo la dejé y muestra cómo el cóndor sigue volando, tal y como decía Martín Almada, pasaron de matar comunistas a matar a la gente que lucha por los derechos de la tierra", concluye.  #EscalaenParís también está en redes socialesUn programa coordinado por Florencia Valdés, realizado por Souheil Khedir y Vanessa Loiseau.

Productor y editor cinematográfico reconocido con más de 70 premios en largometrajes y documentales latinoamericanos.Se encuentra en plena producción de una mini serie de coproducción Belga - Uruguaya, que adapta la novela de Eduardo Mariani "La tinta invisible". En este caso desde el lado autoral.El realizador también está terminando de editar la película paraguaya “Narciso”, dirigida por Marcelo Martinessi. Esta producción de Babosa Cine se sitúa en Asunción a finales de los años cincuenta, retrata a un joven rebelde en un contexto de cambio social marcado por la llegada del rock and roll y la consolidación de un régimen dictatorial de Alfredo Stroessner.

Más allá de su belleza natural y biodiversidad, Paraguay es una nación tan desconocida, como llena de contrastes: un país con una historia marcada por luchas, resistencias y transformaciones que han moldeado su presente, desde las sociedades indígenas que habitaron estas tierras mucho antes de la llegada de los españoles, pasando por la época colonial con sus desigualdades, hasta la independencia y la construcción de un Estado que ha enfrentado guerras, una salvaje dictadura y profundas crisis económicas. Hoy, en muy buena compañía, la del profesor Eduardo Tamayo Belda, volamos a Paraguay para conocer estos hechos que definen su actual identidad, más los desafíos a que se enfrenta el país, que vive en teórica democracia durante los últimos 33 años, pero también es el que tiene el dudoso honor de haber sufrido la dictadura militar más larga del continente, la de Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989). OGP es un podcast de El Abrazo del Oso Producciones dirigido por Javier Fernández Aparicio y Eduardo Moreno Navarro. ¿Nos ayudas con esta tercera temporada de OGP? Hazte mecenas y accede a los contenidos extra: https://www.ivoox.com/support/1640122 www.elabrazodeloso.es Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/oglobalpod.bsky.social Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/elabrazodeloso ¡Suscríbete! Telegram abierto de El Abrazo del Oso: https://t.me/+tBHrUSWNbZswNThk

En el documental Guapo´y conocemos a través de los testimonios serenos pero emotivos de Celsa, su protagonista, cómo era vivir en una cárcel de la dictadura paraguaya de Alfredo Stroessner, la más longeva de América Latina. Hablamos con su directora, Sofía Paoli Thorne.Escuchar audio

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service. This week we hear the story of Rogelio Goiburu, who has dedicated his life to finding the victims of Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship in Paraguay, including the remains of his own father. Our expert Dr Francesca Lessa talks about other enforced disappearances in South America.Plus, we hear about how, in February 2014, ordinary people got to see inside Mezhyhirya, the extraordinarily extravagant home of Ukraine's former president.Also, a shocking psychological experiment from the 1960s. Just to warn you, this includes original recordings of the experiments which listeners may find disturbing.The programme also includes the breakthrough moment when the Channel Tunnel was finally completed linking England and France beneath the sea and, finally, the story behind one of the world's most popular self-help books.Contributors: Rogelio Goiburu - dedicated to finding the victims of Stroessner's Paraguay Dr Francesca Lessa - Associate Professor in International Relations of the Americas at University College London (UCL) Denys Tarakhkotelyk - from the Mezhyhirya estate Graham Fagg - the Englishman who broke through the Channel Tunnel Donna Dale Carnegie - daughter of Dale Carnegie, author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (Photo: Alfredo Stroessner. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images)

No es, desde luego, el momento de hablar de la larga dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner ni de la caída del obispo presidente Fernando Lugo en Paraguay. Pero sí de asumir que la elección de Lima es un reconocimiento que nos compromete a reforzar nuestra institucionalidad, modernizar la gestión pública y combatir la corrupción.

Nuevo encuentro de reflexión sobre el neoliberalismo a partir del relato audiovisual. Conversamos con Migue Torales Peña sobre el documental “Cuchillo de palo” de Renate Costa. El terror del poder y la vulnerabilidad de la vida. Dictadura, homofobia y complicidad social. Una historia trágica que se repite y se renueva en nuestros territorios. Si sos sobreviviente o familiar de sobreviviente de la persecución del dictador Alfredo Stroessner en el caso de los 108 o en el caso Palmieri, compartí tu relato para poder recuperar la historia y lograr la reparación por parte del Estado paraguayo. Escribí al correo: ⁠108memoriasparaguay@gmail.com⁠ Facebook: ⁠www.facebook.com/memoriaslgbtipy⁠ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/soymichimoragas/ Hicimos esta episodio con Migue Torales Peña https://www.instagram.com/thatmigue/ Clara Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/cla.rl.a/ Anush Grati https://www.instagram.com/auchyg/ Belén Rofrano https://www.instagram.com/rofran0/  Podés ver Cuchillo de palo acá https://bit.ly/48pbd3B Leímos "Una lengua cosida de relámpagos" de Val Flores que podés conseguir acá https://bit.ly/41qp2fW También hablamos de Michi Morgas https://www.instagram.com/michimoragas/ Erwing Szokol https://www.instagram.com/erwing108/ Ale Campos https://www.instagram.com/alexcsly/ Analía Mas https://www.instagram.com/analia_mas_12_/ Hekht Libros https://www.instagram.com/hekht_libros/ #108cuchillodepalo #renatecostaperdomo https://www.instagram.com/docparaguay/

This week's Mission CTRL episode is an international adventure filled with history, mystery and intrigue.  Born in Asunción, Paraguay in 1989 under the dictatorship of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner, mom, author and entrepreneur, Amanda Mottola would find her way to the United States by way of adoption.  From an early age Amanda knew she was different as her classmates would ask: why don't you look like your parents?  Mottola's parents never hid the fact she was adopted and despite positive affirmations and being raised in a loving household, Amanda felt a curious void that needed to be filled.   Armed with wholesome values and principles instilled by her parents, Amanda set out on a quest to Asunción, Paraguay, a self-funded journey through the collection of water bottles.  Mottola grew up in Connecticut and has a bachelor's degree from the University of New Haven, she is also the CEO of Otraway, a New England-based marketing agency and author of Learning as a Lifelong Journey.  Tune in to hear how the Ambassador of Paraguay found out about Amanda's persistence and resilience which led him to write a recommendation for her book.  Before launching into this week's entrepreneurial adventure, Ramon and the flight crew share some scam prevention tips and discuss the Starbucks Red Cup Rebellion. . . Find Mission CTRL on Anchor, Apple Podcast, Spotify, and our website. Mission CTRL aims to ignite the innovative spirit inside us all through providing budding and successful entrepreneurs and community leaders with a platform to share their stories and inspire others. Tune in every Wednesday and catch up with the team at Peralta Design as we unleash the origin stories behind some exceptional leaders, share marketing/branding insights, and navigate the ever-changing currents of pop culture. Subscribe for weekly branding and entrepreneurial content here!  To learn more about Peralta Design's work visit peraltadesign.com. #welaunchbrands #digitalagency #mbeagency #mbe #digital #branding #marketing #web #startups #creative #BrandU #w2 #fulltime #leadership #contentcreator #contentstrategy #marketingstrategy #entrepreneurs #business #launchyourbrand

Celsa vive buscando remedios que alivien sus dolores causados por la tortura que vivió hace 45 años durante la dictadura militar en Paraguay. "Guapo'y" de Sofía Paoli Thorne estrena el jueves 21 de septiembre en el #Gaumont. SINOPSIS Celsa, una mujer paraguaya de 72 años, cura su cuerpo y su alma con las hierbas de su selvático jardín. Todavía siente la prisión y tortura vividos hace 45 años en el campo de concentración de Emboscada en Paraguay durante la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner. Allí, la sombra de un frondoso Guapo'y la cobijó junto a su madre, su pequeño hijo y sus compañeros detenidos. Sin embargo, el olvido amenaza la sanación; la de Celsa y la de un pueblo sometido a una desmemoria impuesta. El pasado resuena; el país es gobernado por el hijo de la mano derecha del dictador. FICHA TÉCNICA Testimonios: Celsa Ramirez Rodas, Ma. Lina Rodas, Derlis Villagra Dirección: Sofía Paoli Thorne Fotografía: Delfina Margulis Darriba y Willi Behnisch Montaje: Cecilia Almeida Saquieres Diseño de sonido: Dahia Valenzuela Sonido directo: Diego Kartaszewicz Productoras: Tekoha Audiovisual, Mita'i Films, Algo que se mueve Productores: Sofía Paoli Thorne, Gabriela Cueto, Federico Pozzi y Nadia Martínez Distribuidora: Hasta 30 Minutos Si quieren invitarme un cafecito: https://cafecito.app/cineconmcfly ☕ Seguí todas las novedades del mundo del cine y los últimos estrenos videocomentados en: En Twitter: http://twitter.com/pablomcfly En Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cineconmcfly En Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/pablomcfly

We kick off this episode of the Terribly Vexed Podcast by delving into the latest updates from the UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) hearings, where government officials and experts discuss the intriguing world of unidentified flying objects. Moving on, we shift our focus to an equally intriguing topic: the ASCH Conformity Tests and the implications they hold for society. We analyze the psychology behind conformity and how it shapes human behavior, shedding light on the mechanisms that drive us to conform to social norms and expectations. Additionally, we discuss the concerning increase in incidents involving airline passengers, exploring the factors contributing to these unsettling events and their potential consequences for the travel industry and passenger safety. However, the heart of this episode lies in our comprehensive exploration of Operation Condor, a dark and secretive collaboration among several South American countries during the 1970s and 1980s. Join us as we unravel the intricate web of political intrigue, espionage, and human rights abuses that characterized this covert operation. We delve into the countries involved, including Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia, and examine the key figures who orchestrated this operation, such as Augusto Pinochet, Jorge Rafael Videla, and Alfredo Stroessner. Through a careful examination of historical events and dates, we shed light on the ruthless tactics employed to suppress political dissidents and maintain control, leaving a lasting impact on the region's history. As we wrap up, we tease an unexpected perspective that ties the Operation Condor narrative to the world of UFOs and the unexplored mysteries of the cosmos. Join us for an eye-opening journey that will leave you questioning the boundaries of history, politics, and the unknown. If you like the podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe on Spotify and iTunes, tell a friend, and let us know! To get in touch, you can send us an email at terriblyvexedpodcast@gmail.com, hit us up on Instagram @terriblyvexedpodcast, subscribe and comment on our YouTube page, or visit us at terriblyvexed.com to send us a message! LINKS: Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance Between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia by Paul L. Williams When States Kill: Latin America, the U.S., and Technologies of Terror The Maxwell Family Business The Condor Years: How Pinochet and his Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents by John Dinges The Pinochet Files: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability by Peter Kornbluh Hidden Terrors by A.J. Langguth Operation Condor: The History of the Notorious Intelligence Operations Supported by the United States to Combat Communists Across South America by Charles River Editors Barry & 'The Boys': The CIA, the Mob, and America''s Secret History by Daniel Hopsicker One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, VOL.1 by Whitney Alyse Webb Investigating Operation Condor Full Documentary The Asch Conformity Test

Um dos ditadores mais cruéis que já pisou na América Latina e que ficou mais de 30 anos liderando o povo paraguaio. Separe trinta minutos do seu dia e aprenda com o professor Vítor Soares (@profvitorsoares) sobre a trajetória política de Alfredo Stroessner. - Se você quiser ter acesso a episódios exclusivos e quiser ajudar o História em Meia Hora a continuar de pé, clique no link: www.apoia.se/historiaemmeiahora - Compre nossas camisas, moletons e muito mais coisas com temática História na Lolja! www.lolja.com.br/creators/historia-em-meia-hora/ - PIX e contato: historiaemmeiahora@gmail.com Apresentação: Prof. Vítor Soares. Roteiro: Prof. Vítor Soares, Prof. Victor Alexandre (@profvictoralexandre). Edição: Victor Portugal. REFERÊNCIAS USADAS - LEWIS, Paul H. O Paraguai da Guerra da Tríplice Aliança à Guerra do Chaco: 1870- 1932. - FURTADO, Celso. A Economia Latino-Americana: Formação Histórica e Problemas Contemporâneos. 4a Ed. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2007. - NICKSON, Andrew. El Regimén de Stroessner (1954-1989). 4a Ed. Assunção: Santillana, 2011

El próximo domingo 14 de mayo celebra el dia de la Independencia la llamada Republica del Paraguay…para qué, para guay. (Chiste de paraguayo). Junto a Bolivia es el único pais de sudamérica que no tiene costa, es todo interior. Ni una triste ventanita en el cuarto de baño, en extractor si acaso. Tiene aproximadamente el 80% de la superficie de España. Si Cataluña, Euskadi y Galicia se independizaran de España, España seria Paraguay. A pesar de ser solo un 20% más pequeño de España su poblacion es uan decima parte de la española, entre 4,7 y 5 millones de personas. Posee dos lenguas oficiales, el castellano y el guaraní. Habitado por indigenas guaranies , llegamos los españoles y estuvimos manejando el cotarro allí hasta el siglo XIX cuando Paraguay declara su independecia la madrigada del 14 al 15 de mayo. Una vez que consiguen la independencia, pues lo tipico, guerras, pugnas de poder, mamoneo…una de esas guerras fue la llamada Guerra contra la Triple Alianza, que podia ser el titulo de la nueva pelicula de Star wars. La Triple alianza era Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay, y es la guerra mas mortífera de cuantas han tenido lugar en sudamerica. Se estima que el 60% de la poblacion paraguaya murió, y si nos centramos en hombres adultos, la enciclopedia británica arroja una mortalidad del 90%. Con la paliza que le dieron, luego durante un tiempo fue un pais satelite de Brasil. Cuando empiezan a recuperarse llega la dictadura militar de ALfredo Stroessner. Hasta mayo de 1989 no fue un pais plenamente democrático. Es uno de los paises más conservadores de Sudamerica y la comunidad LGTBI y el aborto son bastante perseguidas por la sociedad paraguaya. Su capital es Asunción con medio millon de habitantes, y su persona más conocida aqui en Sevilla es el Chirola Romero, uno que vino a jugar al betis y jugó menos que Romaric. Y siguiendo con el Betis que no le gana ni al conquense ultimamente, tambien era paraguayo Cayetano ré Su economía es bastante diversa, y la tienen repartida tanto en sectores primerios como industriales. Es el mayor exportador mundial de energia electrica. Mira los cabrones como sabian lo que iba a costar pasta. Además es el segundo pais productor de Estevia, solo por detras de los chinos. En su himno se marcaron un Queen, que si que son o eran muy buenos, pero tenian la manía de hacer dos canciones o tres en una. Y eso es lo que hace Uruguay, una primera parte instrumental un poco Cara al Sol, y una segunda parte más canonica, el tipico himno sudamericano que se acuerda de la epoca de colonización española.

El aislacionismo y los conflictos pasados, como la Guerra de la Triple Alianza o la del Chaco, han definido la historia de Paraguay. Una nación donde durante las últimas décadas un partido, el Colorado, ha mantenido el monopolio casi ininterrumpido de la política nacional, llegando a dominar el país incluso bajo una dictadura, la de Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989). 

Paraguay se enfrentará este 30 de Abril a sus elecciones presidenciales. Por un lado, uno de los partidos políticos más antiguos del mundo y la mayor fuerza política de este país, El Partido Colorado, que ha sido sacudido y debilitado por muchos casos de corrupción en las últimas semanas tiene a Santiago Peña de candidato con la esperanza de mantener su hegemonía en el país. Por otro lado, Efraín Alegre es el candidato ha reunido a la oposición en la llamada “Concentración Para un Nuevo Paraguay” para intentar emular a Fernando Lugo en 2008 y derrotar al Partido Colorado. Para analizar las claves de esta elección hemos invitado al historiador y docente universitario paraguayo: Claudio Fuentes Armadans, donde también nos ha contado momentos claves de la historia paraguaya como la Guerra de la Triple Alianza o la Dictadura Militar de Alfredo Stroessner para entender el presente del país guaraní. 

Robert is joined again by James Stout to continue to discuss Alfredo Stroessner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert is joined by James Stout to discuss Alfredo Stroessner.  (2 Part Series)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En un nuevo episodio de La Hoja Suelta, un podcast de Última Hora de entrevistas a escritores, el historiador argentino Mariano Damián Montero habla sobre Agapito Valiente, Stroessner kyhyjeha, la biografía que escribió sobre Arturo López Areco, docente, gremialista, comunista y guerrillero desaparecido durante la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner. Mariano es profesor de historia por la Universidad de Buenos Aires, investigador y documentalista.

En el primer episodio de La Hoja Suelta, un nuevo podcast de Última Hora, Jesús Ruiz Nestosa habla sobre su libro Madre de Ciudades, la del no me acuerdo y la del no sé, una recolección de crónicas, semblanzas y recuerdos de una Asunción de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, bajo la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner en Paraguay.

Chegamos a última semana de campanha antes do segundo turno das eleições, que acontece no dia 30 de outubro. Os candidatos têm apenas alguns dias para tentar convencer os indecisos, ou aqueles que vão votar branco e nulo, a mudar de ideia. Segundo as pesquisas eleitorais, de 6% a 7% dos entrevistados ainda se encaixam nesse grupo. Para isso, as campanhas prometem ir com tudo nas críticas a seus adversários. A equipe de Lula (PT) vai levar ao ar peças publicitárias ligando Jair Bolsonaro (PL) à pedofilia. Para isso, vão relembrar um episódio em que o presidente homenageou o ex-ditador paraguaio Alfredo Stroessner, acusado de ser pedófilo. Já o candidato do PL vai apostar em aumentar a rejeição do seu adversário através do antipetismo, relembrando as corrupções em governos petistas. Além disso, a campanha vai trabalhar para dar a entender que o presidente e seus apoiadores são vítimas de censura, após decisões recentes do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE) terem removido conteúdos de Bolsonaro. Afinal, intensificar o ataque ao adversário pode conquistar votos dos indecisos? O que podemos esperar dessa última semana de campanha?  No ‘Estadão Notícias' de hoje, vamos conversar sobre o assunto com Vitor Oliveira, cientista político da consultoria Pulso Público. Conversamos também com a repórter Renata Cafardo sobre as estratégias que as candidaturas vão utilizar nas redes sociais nesta reta final de campanha. O ‘Estadão Notícias' está disponível no Spotify, Deezer, Apple Podcasts, Google podcasts, ou no agregador de podcasts de sua preferência. Apresentação: Emanuel Bomfim Produção/Edição: Gustavo Lopes, Jefferson Perleberg, Gabriela Forte e Jennifer Neves Sonorização/Montagem: Moacir Biasi.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comunidades campesinas e indígenas reclaman sus derechos sobre las tierras "mal habidas", expropiadas durante la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner.

Support the show and receive bonus episodes by becoming a Patreon producer over at: www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com  Archives of terror Archivos del Terror were found on december 22, 1992 by a lawyer and human rights activist, strange how those two titles are in the same sentence, Dr. Martín Almada, and Judge José Agustín Fernández. Found in a police station in the suburbs of Paraguay known as Asunción.   Fernandez was looking for files on a former prisoner. Instead, stumbled across an archive describing the fates of thousands of Latin Americans who had been secretly kidnapped, tortured, and killed by the security services of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay with the help of our friendly neighborhood CIA. Known as Operation Condor.   “Operation Condor was a U.S. backed campaign of political repression and state terror involving intelligence operations and assassination of opponents.”   Let's go back a ways toward the beginning. One day, a young guy, wanted to fuck up the world and created the CIA. JK… but not really.   So we go back to 1968 where General Robert W. Porter said that "in order to facilitate the coordinated employment of internal security forces within and among Latin American countries, we are ... endeavoring to foster inter-service and regional cooperation by assisting in the organization of integrated command and control centers; the establishment of common operating procedures; and the conduct of joint and combined training exercises."   According to former secret CIA documents from 1976, plans were developed among international security officials at the US Army School of the Americas and the Conference of American Armies in the 1960s and early 1970s to deal with perceived threats in South America from political dissidents, according to American historian J. Patrice McSherry. "In early 1974, security officials from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia convened in Buenos Aires to prepare synchronized attacks against subversive targets," according to a declassified CIA memo dated June 23, 1976.   Following a series of military-led coups d'états, particularly in the 1970s, the program was established: General Alfredo Stroessner took control of Paraguay in 1954 General Francisco Morales-Bermúdez takes control of Peru after a successful coup in 1975 The Brazilian military overthrew the president João Goulart in 1964 General Hugo Banzer took power in Bolivia in 1971 through a series of coups A military dictatorship seized power in Uruguay on 27 June 1973 Chilean armed forces commanded by General Augusto Pinochet bombed the presidential palace in Chile on 11 September 1973, overthrowing democratically elected president Salvador Allende A military dictatorship headed by General Jorge Rafael Videla seized power in Argentina on 24 March 1976   According to American journalist A. J. Langguth, the CIA organized the first meetings between Argentinian and Uruguayan security officials regarding the surveillance (and subsequent disappearance or assassination) of political refugees in these countries, as well as its role as an intermediary in the meetings between Argentinian, Uruguayan, and Brazilian death squads.   According to the National Security Archive's documentary evidence from US, Paraguayan, Argentine, and Chilean files, "Founded by the Pinochet regime in November 1975, Operation Condor was the codename for a formal Southern Cone collaboration that included transnational secret intelligence activities, kidnapping, torture, disappearance, and assassination." Several persons were slain as part of this codename mission. "Notable Condor victims include two former Uruguayan legislators and a former Bolivian president, Juan José Torres, murdered in Buenos Aires, a former Chilean Minister of the Interior, Bernardo Leighton, and former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier and his 26-year-old American colleague, Ronni Moffitt, assassinated by a car bomb in downtown Washington D.C.," according to the report.   Prior to the formation of Operation Condor, there had been cooperation among various security services with the goal of "eliminating Marxist subversion." On September 3, 1973, at the Conference of American Armies in Caracas, Brazilian General Breno Borges Fortes, the chief of the Brazilian army, urged that various services "expand the interchange of information" in order to "fight against subversion."   Representatives from Chile, Uruguay, and Bolivia's police forces met with Alberto Villar, deputy chief of the Argentine Federal Police and co-founder of the Triple A killing squad, in March 1974 to discuss collaboration standards. Their purpose was to eliminate the "subversive" threat posed by Argentina's tens of thousands of political exiles. Bolivian immigrants' bodies were discovered at rubbish dumps in Buenos Aires in August 1974. Based on recently revealed CIA records dated June 1976, McSherry corroborated the kidnapping and torture of Chilean and Uruguayan exiles living in Buenos Aires during this time.   On General Augusto Pinochet's 60th birthday, November 25, 1975, in Santiago de Chile, heads of the military intelligence services of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay met with Manuel Contreras, commander of the Chilean secret police, to officially establish the Plan Condor. General Rivero, an intelligence officer in the Argentine Armed Forces and a former student of the French, devised the concept of Operation Condor, according to French writer Marie-Monique Robin, author of Escadrons de la death, l'école française (2004, Death Squads, The French School).   Officially, the targets were armed groups (such as the MIR, the Montoneros or the ERP, the Tupamaros, etc.) based on the governments' perceptions of threats, but the governments expanded their attacks to include all types of political opponents, including their families and others, as reported by the Valech Commission, which is known as The National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture Report. The Argentine "Dirty War," for example, kidnapped, tortured, and assassinated many trade unionists, relatives of activists, social activists such as the founders of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, nuns, university professors, and others, according to most estimates.   The Chilean DINA and its Argentine counterpart, SIDE, were the operation's front-line troops from 1976 forward. The infamous "death flights," which were postulated in Argentina by Luis Mara Menda and deployed by French forces during the Algerian War (1954–62), were widely used. Government forces flew or helicoptered victims out to sea, where they were dumped to die in premeditated disappearances. According to reports, the OPR-33 facility in Argentina was destroyed as a result of the military bombardment. Members of Plan Condor met in Santiago, Chile, in May 1976, to discuss "long-range collaboration... [that] went well beyond intelligence exchange" and to assign code names to the participating countries. The CIA acquired information in July that Plan Condor participants planned to strike "against leaders of indigenous terrorist groups residing overseas."   Several corpses washed up on beaches south of Buenos Aires in late 1977 as a result of extraordinary storms, providing evidence of some of the government's victims. Hundreds of newborns and children were removed from women in prison who had been kidnapped and later disappeared; the children were then given to families and associates of the dictatorship in clandestine adoptions. According to the CIA, Operation Condor countries reacted positively to the concept of cooperating and built their own communications network as well as joint training programs in areas like psychological warfare.    The military governments in South America were coming together to join forces for security concerns, according to a memo prepared by Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America Harry W. Shlaudeman to Kissinger on August 3, 1976. They were anxious about the growth of Marxism and the consequences it would have on their dominance. This new force worked in secret in the countries of other members. Their mission: to track out and murder "Revolutionary Coordinating Committee" terrorists in their own nations and throughout Europe.Shlaudeman voiced fear that the members of Operation Condor's "siege mindset" could lead to a wider divide between military and civilian institutions in the region. He was also concerned that this would further isolate these countries from developed Western countries. He argued that some of these anxieties were justified, but that by reacting too harshly, these countries risked inciting a violent counter-reaction comparable to the PLO's in Israel.   Chile and Argentina were both active in using communications medium for the purpose of transmitting propaganda, according to papers from the United States dated April 17, 1977. The propaganda's goal was to accomplish two things. The first goal was to defuse/counter international media criticism of the governments involved, and the second goal was to instill national pride in the local population. "Chile after Allende," a propaganda piece developed by Chile, was sent to the states functioning under Condor. The paper, however, solely mentions Uruguay and Argentina as the only two countries that have signed the deal. The government of Paraguay was solely identified as using the local press, "Patria," as its primary source of propaganda. Due to the reorganisation of both Argentina's and Paraguay's intelligence organizations, a meeting scheduled for March 1977 to discuss "psychological warfare measures against terrorists and leftist extremists" was canceled.   One "component of the campaign including Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina envisages unlawful operations beyond Latin America against expatriate terrorists, primarily in Europe," according to a 2016 declassified CIA study titled "Counterterrorism in the Southern Cone." "All military-controlled regimes in the Southern Cone consider themselves targets of international Marxism," the memo stated. Condor's fundamental characteristic was highlighted in the document, which came to fruition in early 1974 when "security officials from all of the member countries, except Brazil, agreed to establish liaison channels and to facilitate the movement of security officers on government business from one country to the other," as part of a long-tested "regional approach" to pacifying "subversion." Condor's "initial aims" included the "exchange of information on the Revolutionary Coordinating Junta (RCJ), an organization...of terrorist groups from Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, and Paraguay" with "representatives" in Europe "believed to have been involved in the assassinations in Paris of the Bolivian ambassador to France last May and a Uruguayan military attache in 1974." Condor's primary purpose, according to the CIA assessment, was to eliminate "top-level terrorist leaders" as well as non-terrorist targets such as "Uruguayan opposition figure Wilson Ferreira, if he should travel to Europe, and some leaders of Amnesty International." Condor was also suspected by the CIA of being "involved in nonviolent actions, including as psychological warfare and a propaganda campaign" that used the media's power to "publicize terrorist crimes and atrocities." Condor also urged citizens in its member countries to "report anything out of the norm in their surroundings" in an appeal to "national pride and national conscience." Another meeting took place in 1980, and Montensero was apprehended. The RSO allegedly promised not to kill them if they agreed to collaborate and provide information on upcoming meetings in Rio.   So, after all of this mumbo jumbo, let's recap.    50,000 people were killed, 30,000 disappeared, and 400,000 were imprisoned, according to the "terror archives."  A letter signed by Manuel Contreras, the chief of Chile's National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) at the time, inviting Paraguayan intelligence personnel to Santiago for a clandestine "First Working Meeting on National Intelligence" on November 25, 1975, was also uncovered. The presence of intelligence chiefs from Argentina, Bolivia, and Uruguay at the meetings was also confirmed by this letter, indicating that those countries were also involved in the formulation of Operation Condor. Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela are among the countries named in the archives as having collaborated to varying degrees by giving intelligence information that had been sought by the security agencies of the Southern Cone countries. Parts of the archives, which are presently housed in Asunción's Palace of Justice, have been used to prosecute former military officers in some of these countries. Those records were used extensively in Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón's prosecution against Chilean General Augusto Pinochet. Baltasar Garzón interviewed Almada twice after he was a Condor victim.   "[The records] represent a mound of shame and lies that Stroessner [Paraguay's ruler until 1989] used to blackmail the Paraguayan people for 40 years," Almada said. He wants the "terror archives" to be listed as an international cultural site by UNESCO, as this would make it much easier to get funds to maintain and protect the records.   In May 2000, a UNESCO mission visited Asunción in response to a request from the Paraguayan government for assistance in registering these files on the Memory of the World Register, which is part of a program aimed at preserving and promoting humanity's documentary heritage by ensuring that records are preserved and accessible.   Now that we are all caught up, let's talk about a few noteworthy events. First we go to Argentina.   Argentina was ruled by military juntas from 1976 until 1983 under Operation Condor, which was a civic-military dictatorship. In countless incidents of desaparecidos, the Argentine SIDE collaborated with the Chilean DINA. In Buenos Aires, they assassinated Chilean General Carlos Prats, former Uruguayan MPs Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, and former Bolivian President Juan José Torres. With the support of Italian Gladio operator Stefano Delle Chiaie and Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie, the SIDE aided Bolivian commander Luis Garca Meza Tejada's Cocaine Coup (see also Operation Charly). Since the release of secret records, it has been revealed that at ESMA, there were operational units made up of Italians who were utilized to suppress organizations of Italian Montoneros. Gaetano Saya, the Officer of the Italian stay behind next - Operation Gladio, led this outfit known as "Shadow Group." The Madres de la Square de Mayo, a group of mothers whose children had vanished, began protesting every Thursday in front of the Casa Rosada on the plaza in April 1977. They wanted to know where their children were and what happened to them. The abduction of two French nuns and other founders of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in December 1977 drew worldwide notice. Their corpses were later recognized among the deceased washed up on beaches south of Buenos Aires in December 1977, victims of death planes.   In 1983, when Argentina's democracy was restored, the government established the National Commission for Forced Disappearances (CONADEP), which was chaired by writer Ernesto Sabato. It gathered testimony from hundreds of witnesses about regime victims and known atrocities, as well as documenting hundreds of secret jails and detention sites and identifying torture and execution squad leaders. The Juicio a las Juntas (Juntas Trial) two years later was mostly successful in proving the crimes of the top commanders of the numerous juntas that had composed the self-styled National Reorganization Process. Most of the top officers on trial, including Jorge Rafael Videla, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Armando Lambruschini, Ral Agosti, Rubén Graffigna, Leopoldo Galtieri, Jorge Anaya, and Basilio Lami Dozo, were convicted and sentenced to life in prison.   Following these trials, Ral Alfonsn's administration implemented two amnesty laws, the 1986 Ley de Punto Final (law of closure) and the 1987 Ley de Obediencia Debida (law of due obedience), which ended prosecution of crimes committed during the Dirty War. In an attempt at healing and reconciliation, President Carlos Menem pardoned the junta's leaders who were serving prison sentences in 1989–1990.   Due to attacks on American citizens in Argentina and revelations about CIA funding of the Argentine military in the late 1990s, and despite an explicit 1990 Congressional prohibition, US President Bill Clinton ordered the declassification of thousands of State Department documents relating to US-Argentine relations dating back to 1954. These documents exposed American involvement in the Dirty War and Operation Condor.   Following years of protests by the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and other human rights organizations, the Argentine Congress overturned the amnesty legislation in 2003, with the full support of President Nestor Kirchner and the ruling majority in both chambers. In June 2005, the Argentine Supreme Court deemed them unlawful after a separate assessment. The government was able to resume prosecution of crimes committed during the Dirty War as a result of the court's decision.    Enrique Arancibia Clavel, a DINA civil agent who was charged with crimes against humanity in Argentina in 2004, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the death of General Prats. Stefano Delle Chiaie, a suspected Italian terrorist, is also said to have been involved in the murder. In Rome in December 1995, he and fellow extreme Vincenzo Vinciguerra testified before federal judge Mara Servini de Cubra that DINA operatives Clavel and Michael Townley were intimately involved in the assassination. Judge Servini de Cubra demanded that Mariana Callejas (Michael Townley's wife) and Cristoph Willikie, a retired Chilean army colonel, be extradited in 2003 because they were also accused of being complicit in the murder. Nibaldo Segura, a Chilean appeals court judge, declined extradition in July 2005, claiming that they had already been prosecuted in Chile.   Twenty-five former high-ranking military commanders from Argentina and Uruguay were charged on March 5, 2013, in Buenos Aires with conspiring to "kidnap, disappear, torture, and kill" 171 political opponents throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Former Argentine "presidents" Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone, both from the El Proceso era, are among the defendants. Prosecutors are relying on declassified US records collected by the National Security Archive, a non-governmental entity established at George Washington University in Washington, DC, in the 1990s and later.   On May 27, 2016, fifteen former military personnel were found guilty. Reynaldo Bignone was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Fourteen of the remaining 16 defendants were sentenced to eight to twenty-five years in prison. Two of the defendants were found not guilty.  A lawyer for the victims' relatives, Luz Palmás Zalda, claims that "This decision is significant since it is the first time Operation Condor's existence has been proven in court. It's also the first time former Condor members have been imprisoned for their roles in the criminal organization."    Anyone wanna go to Brazil?   In the year 2000, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso ordered the publication of some military documents related to Operation Condor. There are documents proving that in that year, attorney general Giancarlo Capaldo, an Italian magistrate, investigated the "disappearances" of Italian citizens in Latin America, which were most likely caused by the actions of Argentine, Paraguayan, Chilean, and Brazilian military personnel who tortured and murdered Italian citizens during Latin American military dictatorships. There was a list containing the names of eleven Brazilians accused of murder, kidnapping, and torture, as well as several high-ranking military personnel from other countries involved in the operation.   "(...) I can neither affirm nor deny because Argentine, Brazilian, Paraguayan, and Chilean soldiers [military men] will be subject to criminal trial until December," the Magistrate said on October 26, 2000.   According to the Italian government's official statement, it was unclear whether the government would prosecute the accused military officers or not. As of November 2021, no one in Brazil had been convicted of human rights violations for actions committed during the 21-year military dictatorship because the Amnesty Law had protected both government officials and leftist guerrillas.   In November 1978, the Condor Operation expanded its covert persecution from Uruguay to Brazil, in an incident dubbed "o Sequestro dos Uruguaios," or "the Kidnapping of the Uruguayans." Senior officials of the Uruguayan army crossed the border into Porto Alegre, the capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, with the permission of the Brazilian military administration. They kidnapped Universindo Rodriguez and Lilian Celiberti, a political activist couple from Uruguay, as well as her two children, Camilo and Francesca, who are five and three years old.   The unlawful operation failed because an anonymous phone call notified two Brazilian journalists, Veja magazine reporter Luiz Cláudio Cunha and photographer Joo Baptista Scalco, that the Uruguayan couple had been "disappeared." The two journalists traveled to the specified address, a Porto Alegre apartment, to double-check the facts. The armed men who had arrested Celiberti mistook the journalists for other political opposition members when they came, and they were arrested as well. Universindo Rodriguez and the children had already been brought to Uruguay under the table.   The journalists' presence had exposed the secret operation when their identities were revealed. It was put on hold. As news of the political kidnapping of Uruguayan nationals in Brazil made headlines in the Brazilian press, it is thought that the operation's disclosure avoided the death of the couple and their two young children. It became a worldwide embarrassment. Both Brazil's and Uruguay's military governments were humiliated. Officials arranged for the Celibertis' children to be transported to their maternal grandparents in Montevideo a few days later. After being imprisoned and tortured in Brazil, Rodriguez and Celiberti were transferred to Uruguayan military cells and held there for the next five years. The couple were released after Uruguay's democracy was restored in 1984. They confirmed every element of their kidnapping that had previously been reported.   In 1980, two DOPS (Department of Political and Social Order, an official police unit in charge of political repression during the military administration) inspectors were found guilty of arresting the journalists in Lilian's apartment in Porto Alegre by Brazilian courts. Joo Augusto da Rosa and Orandir Portassi Lucas were their names. They had been identified as participants in the kidnapping by the media and Uruguayans. This occurrence confirmed the Brazilian government's active involvement in the Condor Operation. Governor Pedro Simon arranged for the state of Rio Grande do Sul to legally recognize the Uruguayans' kidnapping and compensate them financially in 1991. A year later, President Luis Alberto Lacalle's democratic government in Uruguay was encouraged to do the same.   The Uruguayan couple identified Pedro Seelig, the head of the DOPS at the time of the kidnapping, as the guy in charge of the operation in Porto Alegre. Universindo and Llian remained in prison in Uruguay and were unable to testify when Seelig was on trial in Brazil. Due to a lack of proof, the Brazilian cop was acquitted. Later testimony from Lilian and Universindo revealed that four officers from Uruguay's secret Counter-Information Division – two majors and two captains – took part in the operation with the permission of Brazilian authorities. In the DOPS headquarters in Porto Alegre, Captain Glauco Yanonne was personally responsible for torturing Universindo Rodriquez. Universindo and Lilian were able to identify the Uruguayan military men who had arrested and tortured them, but none of them were prosecuted in Montevideo. Uruguayan individuals who committed acts of political repression and human rights violations under the dictatorship were granted pardon under the Law of Immunity, which was approved in 1986. Cunha and Scalco were given the 1979 Esso Prize, considered the most significant prize in Brazilian journalism, for their investigative journalism on the case.  Hugo Cores, a former political prisoner from Uruguay, was the one who had warned Cunha. He told the Brazilian press in 1993: All the Uruguayans kidnapped abroad, around 180 people, are missing to this day. The only ones who managed to survive are Lilian, her children, and Universindo.   Joo "Jango" Goulart was the first Brazilian president to die in exile after being deposed. On December 6, 1976, he died in his sleep in Mercedes, Argentina, of a suspected heart attack. The true cause of his death was never determined because an autopsy was never performed. On April 26, 2000, Leonel Brizola, Jango's brother-in-law and former governor of Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul, claimed that ex-presidents Joo Goulart and Juscelino Kubitschek (who died in a vehicle accident) were assassinated as part of Operation Condor. He demanded that an investigation into their deaths be launched. On January 27, 2008, the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo published a report featuring a declaration from Mario Neira Barreiro, a former member of Uruguay's dictatorship's intelligence service. Barreiro confirmed Brizola's claims that Goulart had been poisoned. Sérgio Paranhos Fleury, the head of the Departamento de Ordem Poltica e Social (Department of Political and Social Order), gave the order to assassinate Goulart, according to Barreiro, and president Ernesto Geisel gave the permission to execute him. A special panel of the Rio Grande do Sul Legislative Assembly concluded in July 2008 that "the evidence that Jango was wilfully slain, with knowledge of the Geisel regime, is strong."   The magazine CartaCapital published previously unreleased National Information Service records generated by an undercover agent who was present at Jango's Uruguayan homes in March 2009. This new information backs up the idea that the former president was poisoned. The Goulart family has yet to figure out who the "B Agent," as he's referred to in the documents, might be. The agent was a close friend of Jango's, and he detailed a disagreement between the former president and his son during the former president's 56th birthday party, which was sparked by a brawl between two employees. As a result of the story, the Chamber of Deputies' Human Rights Commission agreed to look into Jango's death.   Later, Maria Teresa Fontela Goulart, Jango's widow, was interviewed by CartaCapital, who revealed records from the Uruguayan government confirming her accusations that her family had been tracked. Jango's travel, business, and political activities were all being watched by the Uruguayan government. These data date from 1965, a year after Brazil's coup, and they indicate that he may have been targeted. The President Joo Goulart Institute and the Movement for Justice and Human Rights have requested a document from the Uruguayan Interior Ministry stating that "serious and credible Brazilian sources'' discussed an "alleged plan against the former Brazilian president."   If you thought it wasn't enough, let's talk about Chile. No not the warm stew lie concoction you make to scorn your buddy's stomach, but the country.   Additional information about Condor was released when Augusto Pinochet was detained in London in 1998 in response to Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón's request for his extradition to Spain. According to one of the lawyers requesting his extradition, Carlos Altamirano, the leader of the Chilean Socialist Party, was the target of an assassination attempt. He said that after Franco's funeral in Madrid in 1975, Pinochet contacted Italian neofascist terrorist Stefano Delle Chiaie and arranged for Altamirano's murder. The strategy didn't work out. Since the bodies of victims kidnapped and presumably murdered could not be found, Chilean judge Juan Guzmán Tapia established a precedent concerning the crime of "permanent kidnapping": he determined that the kidnapping was thought to be ongoing, rather than having occurred so long ago that the perpetrators were protected by an amnesty decreed in 1978 or the Chilean statute of limitations. The Chilean government admitted in November 2015 that Pablo Neruda may have been murdered by members of Pinochet's administration.   Assassinations   On September 30, 1974, a car bomb killed General Carlos Prats and his wife, Sofa Cuthbert, in Buenos Aires, where they were living in exile. The Chilean DINA has been charged with the crime. In January 2005, Chilean Judge Alejandro Sols ended Pinochet's case when the Chilean Supreme Court denied his request to strip Pinochet's immunity from prosecution (as chief of state). In Chile, the assassination of DINA commanders Manuel Contreras, ex-chief of operations and retired general Ral Itturiaga Neuman, his brother Roger Itturiaga, and ex-brigadiers Pedro Espinoza Bravo and José Zara was accused. In Argentina, DINA agent Enrique Arancibia Clavel was found guilty of the murder.   After moving in exile in Italy, Bernardo Leighton and his wife were severely injured in a botched assassination attempt on October 6, 1975. Bernardo Leighton was critically injured in the gun attack, and his wife, Anita Fresno, was permanently crippled. Stefano Delle Chiaie met with Michael Townley and Virgilio Paz Romero in Madrid in 1975 to plan the murder of Bernardo Leighton with the help of Franco's secret police, according to declassified documents in the National Security Archive and Italian attorney general Giovanni Salvi, who led the prosecution of former DINA head Manuel Contreras. Glyn T. Davies, the secretary of the National Security Council (NSC), said in 1999 that declassified records indicated Pinochet's government's responsibility for the failed assassination attempt on Bernardo Leighton, Orlando Letelier, and General Carlos Prats on October 6, 1975.   In a December 2004 OpEd piece in the Los Angeles Times, Francisco Letelier, Orlando Letelier's son, claimed that his father's killing was part of Operation Condor, which he described as "an intelligence-sharing network employed by six South American tyrants of the time to eliminate dissidents."   Letelier's death, according to Michael Townley, was caused by Pinochet. Townley admitted to hiring five anti-Castro Cuban exiles to set up a booby-trap in Letelier's automobile. Following consultations with the terrorist organization CORU's leadership, including Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch, Cuban-Americans José Dionisio Suárez, Virgilio Paz Romero, Alvin Ross Daz, and brothers Guillermo and Ignacio Novo Sampoll were chosen to carry out the murder, according to Jean-Guy Allard. The Miami Herald reports that Luis Posada Carriles was there at the conference that decided on Letelier's death as well as the bombing of Cubana Flight 455.   During a public protest against Pinochet in July 1986, photographer Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri was burned alive and Carmen Gloria Quintana received significant burns. The case of the two became known as Caso Quemados ("The Burned Case"), and it drew attention in the United States because Rojas had fled to the United States following the 1973 coup. [96] According to a document from the US State Department, the Chilean army set fire to both Rojas and Quintana on purpose. Rojas and Quintana, on the other hand, were accused by Pinochet of being terrorists who lit themselves on fire with their own Molotov cocktails. Pinochet's reaction to the attack and killing of Rojas, according to National Security Archive analyst Peter Kornbluh, was "contributed to Reagan's decision to withdraw support for the regime and press for a return to civilian rule."   Operación Silencio   Operación Silencio (Operation Silence) was a Chilean operation that removed witnesses from the country in order to obstruct investigations by Chilean judges. It began about a year before the "terror archives" in Paraguay were discovered. Arturo Sanhueza Ross, the man accused of assassinating MIR leader Jecar Neghme in 1989, departed the country in April 1991.    According to the Rettig Report, Chilean intelligence officers were responsible for Jecar Neghme's killing. Carlos Herrera Jiménez, the man who assassinated trade unionist Tucapel Jiménez, flew out in September 1991. Eugenio Berros, a chemist who had cooperated with DINA agent Michael Townley, was led by Operation Condor agents from Chile to Uruguay in October 1991 in order to avoid testifying in the Letelier case. He used passports from Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil, prompting suspicions that Operation Condor was still active. In 1995, Berros was discovered dead in El Pinar, Uruguay, near Montevideo. His corpse had been mangled to the point where it was hard to identify him by sight.   Michael Townley, who is now under witness protection in the United States, recognized linkages between Chile, DINA, and the incarceration and torture camp Colonia Dignidad in January 2005. The facility was founded in 1961 by Paul Schäfer, who was arrested and convicted of child rape in Buenos Aires in March 2005. Interpol was notified about Colonia Dignidad and the Army's Bacteriological Warfare Laboratory by Townley. This lab would have taken the place of the previous DINA lab on Via Naranja de lo Curro, where Townley collaborated with chemical assassin Eugenio Berros. According to the court reviewing the case, the toxin that allegedly murdered Christian-Democrat Eduardo Frei Montalva could have been created at this new lab in Colonia Dignidad. Dossiê Jango, a Brazilian-Uruguayan-Argentine collaboration film released in 2013, accused the same lab in the alleged poisoning of Brazil's deposed president, Joo Goulart.   Congressman Koch   The Condor Years: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents was released in February 2004 by reporter John Dinges. He reported that in mid-1976, Uruguayan military officers threatened to assassinate United States Congressman Edward Koch (later Mayor of New York City). The CIA station commander in Montevideo had received information about it in late July 1976. He advised the Agency to take no action after finding that the men were inebriated at the time. Colonel José Fons, who was present at the November 1975 covert meeting in Santiago, Chile, and Major José Nino Gavazzo, who led a team of intelligence agents working in Argentina in 1976 and was responsible for the deaths of over 100 Uruguayans, were among the Uruguayan officers.   Koch told Dinges in the early twenty-first century that CIA Director George H. W. Bush informed him in October 1976 that "his sponsorship of legislation to cut off US military assistance to Uruguay on human rights concerns had prompted secret police officers to 'put a contract out for you'." Koch wrote to the Justice Department in mid-October 1976, requesting FBI protection, but he received none. It had been more than two months after the meeting and the assassination of Orlando Letelier in Washington. Colonel Fons and Major Gavazzo were sent to important diplomatic postings in Washington, D.C. in late 1976. The State Department ordered the Uruguayan government to rescind their appointments, citing the possibility of "unpleasant publicity" for "Fons and Gavazzo."  Only in 2001 did Koch learn of the links between the threats and the position appointments.   Paraguay The US supported Alfredo Stroessner's anti-communist military dictatorship and played a "vital supporting role" in Stroessner's Paraguay's domestic affairs. As part of Operation Condor, for example, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Thierry of the United States Army was deployed to assist local workers in the construction of "La Technica," a detention and interrogation center. La Technica was also renowned as a torture facility. Pastor Coronel, Stroessner's secret police, washed their victims in human vomit and excrement tubs and shocked them in the rectum with electric cattle prods. They decapitated Miguel Angel Soler [es], the Communist party secretary, with a chainsaw while Stroessner listened on the phone. Stroessner asked that tapes of inmates wailing in agony be presented to their relatives.   Harry Shlaudeman defined Paraguay's militarized state as a "nineteenth-century military administration that looks nice on the cartoon page" in a report to Kissinger. Shlaudeman's assessments were paternalistic, but he was correct in observing that Paraguay's "backwardness" was causing it to follow in the footsteps of its neighbors. Many decolonized countries regarded national security concerns in terms of neighboring countries and long-standing ethnic or regional feuds, but the United States viewed conflict from a global and ideological viewpoint. During the Chaco War, Shlaudeman mentions Paraguay's amazing fortitude in the face of greater military force from its neighbors. The government of Paraguay believes that the country's victory over its neighbors over several decades justifies the country's lack of progress. The paper goes on to say that Paraguay's political traditions were far from democratic. Because of this reality, as well as a fear of leftist protest in neighboring countries, the government has prioritized the containment of political opposition over the growth of its economic and political institutions. They were driven to defend their sovereignty due to an ideological fear of their neighbors. As a result, many officials were inspired to act in the interest of security by the fight against radical, communist movements both within and beyond the country. The book Opération Condor, written by French writer Pablo Daniel Magee and prefaced by Costa Gavras, was published in 2020. The story chronicles the life of Martin Almada, a Paraguayan who was a victim of the Condor Operation.   The Peruvian Case   After being kidnapped in 1978, Peruvian legislator Javier Diez Canseco announced that he and twelve other compatriots (Justiniano Apaza Ordóñez, Hugo Blanco, Genaro Ledesma Izquieta, Valentín Pacho, Ricardo Letts, César Lévano, Ricardo Napurí, José Luis Alvarado Bravo, Alfonso Baella Tuesta, Guillermo Faura Gaig, José Arce Larco and Humberto Damonte). All opponents of Francisco Morales Bermudez's dictatorship were exiled and handed over to the Argentine armed forces in Jujuy in 1978 after being kidnapped in Peru. He also claimed that declassified CIA documents and WikiLeaks cable information account for the Morales Bermudez government's ties to Operation Condor.   Uruguay   Juan Mara Bordaberry declared himself dictator and banned the rest of the political parties, as was customary in the Southern Cone dictatorships of the 1970s. In the alleged defense against subversion, a large number of people were murdered, tortured, unjustly detained and imprisoned, kidnapped, and forced into disappearance during the de facto administration, which lasted from 1973 until 1985. Prior to the coup d'état in 1973, the CIA served as a consultant to the country's law enforcement institutions. Dan Mitrione, perhaps the most well-known example of such cooperation, had taught civilian police in counterinsurgency at the School of the Americas in Panama, afterwards renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.   Maybe now we can talk about the U.S involvement? The U.S never gets involved in anything so this might be new to some of you.   According to US paperwork, the US supplied critical organizational, financial, and technological help to the operation far into the 1980s. The long-term hazards of a right-wing bloc, as well as its early policy recommendations, were discussed in a US Department of State briefing for Henry Kissinger, then Secretary of State, dated 3 August 1976, prepared by Harry Shlaudeman and titled "Third World War and South America." The briefing was an overview of security forces in the Southern Cone. The operation was described as a joint effort by six Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay) to win the "Third World War" by eliminating "subversion" through transnational secret intelligence operations, kidnapping, torture, disappearance, and assassination. The research begins by examining the sense of unity shared by the six countries of the Southern Cone. Kissinger is warned by Shlaudeman that the "Third World War" will trap those six countries in an ambiguous position in the long run, because they are trapped on one side by "international Marxism and its terrorist exponents," and on the other by "the hostility of uncomprehending industrial democracies misled by Marxist propaganda." According to the report, US policy toward Operation Condor should “emphasize the differences between the five countries at all times, depoliticize human rights, oppose rhetorical exaggerations of the ‘Third-World-War' type, and bring potential bloc members back into our cognitive universe through systematic exchanges.” According to CIA papers from 1976, strategies to deal with political dissidents in South America were planned among international security officials at the US Army School of the Americas and the Conference of American Armies from 1960 to the early 1970s. "In early 1974, security officials from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia convened in Buenos Aires to arrange synchronized attacks against subversive targets," according to a declassified CIA memo dated June 23, 1976. Officials in the United States were aware of the situation.   Furthermore, the Defense Intelligence Agency revealed in September 1976 that US intelligence services were well aware of Operation Condor's architecture and intentions. They discovered that "Operation Condor" was the covert name for gathering intelligence on "leftists," Communists, Peronists, or Marxists in the Southern Cone Area. The intelligence services were aware that the operation was being coordinated by the intelligence agencies of numerous South American nations (including Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia), with Chile serving as the hub. Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile, according to the DIA, were already aggressively pursuing operations against communist targets, primarily in Argentina.   The report's third point reveals the US comprehension of Operation Condor's most malevolent actions. "The development of special teams from member countries to execute out operations, including killings against terrorists or sympathizers of terrorist groups," according to the paper. Although these special teams were intelligence agency operatives rather than military troops, they did work in structures similar to those used by US special forces teams, according to the study. Operation Condor's preparations to undertake probable operations in France and Portugal were revealed in Kissinger's State Department briefing - an issue that would later prove to be immensely contentious in Condor's history.   Condor's core was formed by the US government's sponsorship and collaboration with DINA (Directorate of National Intelligence) and other intelligence agencies. According to CIA papers, the agency maintained intimate ties with officers of Chile's secret police, DINA, and its leader Manuel Contreras.  Even after his role in the Letelier-Moffit killing was discovered, Contreras was kept as a paid CIA contact until 1977. Official requests to trace suspects to and from the US Embassy, the CIA, and the FBI may be found in the Paraguayan Archives. The military states received suspect lists and other intelligence material from the CIA. In 1975, the FBI conducted a nationwide hunt in the United States for persons sought by DINA.   In a February 1976 telegram from the Buenos Aires embassy to the State Department, intelligence said that the US was aware of the impending Argentinian coup. According to the ambassador, the Chief of the Foreign Ministry's North American desk revealed that the "Military Planning Group" had asked him to prepare a report and recommendations on how the "future military government can avoid or minimize the sort of problems the Chilean and Uruguayan governments are having with the US over human rights issues." The Chief also indicated that "they" (whether he is talking to the CIA or Argentina's future military dictatorship, or both) will confront opposition if they start assassinating and killing people. Assuming this is so, the envoy notes that the military coup will "intend to carry forward an all-out war on the terrorists and that some executions would therefore probably be necessary." Despite already being engaged in the region's politics, this indicates that the US was aware of the planning of human rights breaches before they occurred and did not intervene to prevent them. "It is encouraging to note that the Argentine military are aware of the problem and are already focusing on ways to avoid letting human rights issues become an irritant in US-Argentine Relations." This is confirmation.   Professor Ruth Blakeley says that Kissinger "explicitly expressed his support for the repression of political opponents" in regards to the Argentine junta's continuous human rights violations.  When Henry Kissinger met with Argentina's Foreign Minister on October 5, 1976, he said, ” Look, our basic attitude is that we would like you to succeed. I have an old-fashioned view that friends ought to be supported. What is not understood in the United States is that you have a civil war. We read about human rights problems but not the context. The quicker you succeed the better ... The human rights problem is a growing one. Your Ambassador can apprise you. We want a stable situation. We won't cause you unnecessary difficulties. If you can finish before Congress gets back, the better. Whatever freedoms you could restore would help.”   The démarche was never provided in the end. According to Kornbluh and Dinges, the decision not to deliver Kissinger's directive was based on Assistant Secretary Harry Shlaudeman's letter to his deputy in Washington, D.C., which stated: "you can simply instruct the Ambassadors to take no further action, noting that there have been no reports in some weeks indicating an intention to activate the Condor scheme."   President Bill Clinton ordered the State Department to release hundreds of declassified papers in June 1999, indicating for the first time that the CIA, State, and Defense Departments were all aware of Condor. According to a 1 October 1976 DOD intelligence assessment, Latin American military commanders gloat about it to their American colleagues. Condor's "joint counterinsurgency operations" sought to "eliminate Marxist terrorist activities," according to the same study; Argentina developed a special Condor force "structured much like a US Special Forces Team," it said. According to a summary of documents disclosed in 2004, The declassified record shows that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was briefed on Condor and its "murder operations" on August 5, 1976, in a 14-page report from [Harry] Shlaudeman [Assistant Secretary of State]. "Internationally, the Latin generals look like our guys," Shlaudeman cautioned. "We are especially identified with Chile. It cannot do us any good." Shlaudeman and his two deputies, William Luers and Hewson Ryan, recommended action. Over the course of three weeks, they drafted a cautiously worded demarche, approved by Kissinger, in which he instructed the U.S. ambassadors in the Southern Cone countries to meet with the respective heads of state about Condor. He instructed them to express "our deep concern" about "rumors" of "plans for the assassination of subversives, politicians and prominent figures both within the national borders of certain Southern Cone countries and abroad."   Kornbluh and Dinges come to the conclusion that "The paper trail is clear: the State Department and the CIA had enough intelligence to take concrete steps to thwart the Condor assassination planning. Those steps were initiated but never implemented." Hewson Ryan, Shlaudeman's deputy, subsequently admitted in an oral history interview that the State Department's treatment of the issue was "remiss." "We knew fairly early on that the governments of the Southern Cone countries were planning, or at least talking about, some assassinations abroad in the summer of 1976. ... Whether if we had gone in, we might have prevented this, I don't know", In relation to the Letelier-Moffitt bombing, he remarked, "But we didn't."   Condor was defined as a "counter-terrorism organization" in a CIA document, which also mentioned that the Condor countries had a specific telecommunications system known as "CONDORTEL."  The New York Times released a communication from US Ambassador to Paraguay Robert White to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance on March 6, 2001. The paper was declassified and disseminated by the Clinton administration in November 2000 as part of the Chile Declassification Project. General Alejandro Fretes Davalos, the chief of staff of Paraguay's armed forces, told White that the South American intelligence chiefs engaged in Condor "kept in touch with one another through a United States communications installation in the Panama Canal Zone that covered all of Latin America."   According to reports, Davalos stated that the station was "employed to coordinate intelligence information among the southern cone countries". The US was concerned that the Condor link would be made public at a time when the killing of Chilean former minister Orlando Letelier and his American aide Ronni Moffitt in the United States was being probed."it would seem advisable to review this arrangement to insure that its continuation is in US interest." White wrote to Vance. "Another piece of increasingly weighty evidence suggesting that U.S. military and intelligence officials supported and collaborated with Condor as a secret partner or sponsor." McSherry rebutted the cables. Furthermore, an Argentine military source told a U.S. Embassy contact that the CIA was aware of Condor and had played a vital role in establishing computerized linkages among the six Condor governments' intelligence and operations sections.   After all this it doesn't stop here. We even see France having a connection. The original document confirming that a 1959 agreement between Paris and Buenos Aires set up a "permanent French military mission" of officers to Argentina who had participated in the Algerian War was discovered in the archives of the Quai d'Orsay, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was kept at the offices of the Argentine Army's chief of staff. It lasted until 1981, when François Mitterrand was elected President of France. She revealed how the administration of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing secretly coordinated with Videla's junta in Argentina and Augusto Pinochet's tyranny in Chile.   Even Britain and West Germany looked into using the tactics in their own countries. Going so far as to send their open personnel to Buenos Aires to discuss how to establish a similar network.  MOVIES   https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=military-coup&sort=num_votes,desc&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=movie&ref_=kw_ref_typ https://islandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/terror%3Aroot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archives_of_Terror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20774985 https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB239d/index.htm

Charlamos con la periodista Jazmín Acuña, del diario digital El Surti de Paraguay, sobre las denominadas "tierras malhabidas" que repartió el dictador Alfredo Stroessner de forma irregular. Escuchar audio

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Today we'll be traveling to the oft ignored country of Paraguay to talk about a type of person we haven't covered in a while, a dickhead dictator. Alfredo Stroessner did a lot of dirty shit in his days as evil despot of the country, and we're here to tell you about all of it. And what is a South American fascist regime without a little help from the United States? So don't worry, we pop up in this story too. Enjoy!

Año 1982, el líder comunista paraguayo Ananías Maidana denunciaba en Radio Moscú los planes de perpetuidad de la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mario-ferreiro/message

Perfil de Alfredo Stroessner, el hombre más poderoso del siglo XX en Paraguay | Por Leticia Martínez en #UnMundoDeSensaciones por Futurock.fm

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It took years to become known that during the 70s and 80s in Latin America, a vast international terror network called Operation Condor operated to 'disappear' the opponents of military dictatorships. Leftists, communists and Marxists were targeted by intelligence operatives across borders and became members of Latin America's 'disappeared'. What turned the tide of justice was the arrest of President Augusto Pinochet in London. It has taken a long time, however dozens of former leaders, ministers of various governments have been prosecuted for the vast crimes against humanity of Operation Condor.

Em dezembro de 1992, foram encontrados trancados na sala de um prédio da polícia paraguaia na cidade de Lambaré, a poucos quilômetros da capital Assunção, cerca de duas toneladas de documentos, fotografias, fichas criminais, fitas de áudio, registros de prisões de presos políticos e informações sobre militantes de esquerda desaparecidos durante os 35 anos da ditadura comandada pelo general Alfredo Stroessner. Esses documentos, que ficaram conhecidos como "Os Arquivos do Terror", têm ajudado a resgatar parte da história recente do Paraguai, e das vítimas do regime militar que controlou o país entre 1954 e 1989. Nesse episódio do Roteirices, Carlos Alberto Jr. entrevista a ex-professora de matemática Rosa Palau, que desde 1992 é uma das responsáveis pelo arquivo. Contato: roteirices@gmail.com Link para apoiar o Roteirices: https://anchor.fm/carlos-alberto-jr Link para a página do Museo de la Justicia: https://www.pj.gov.py/contenido/132-museo-de-la-justicia/334 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carlos-alberto-jr/support

He attacked the press, oversaw egregious human rights violations, and even welcomed a notorious Nazi war criminal into his country. For decades, Alfredo Stroessner largely acted with impunity—until the late 1980s, when a chaotic schism in his party drove him into exile.

O dia 15 de agosto de 1954 marca o início de um período de três décadas e meia marcado por fraudes eleitorais, forte repressão a opositores e crimes contra a humanidade – assassinatos, prisões ilegais, torturas, deportações e desaparecimentos estavam entre os principais delitos. Calcula-se que, durante a ditadura Alfredo Stroessner, que chegou ao poder neste dia, teriam morrido entre três a quatro mil dissidentes.★ Support this podcast ★

In 1932, 20-year-old Alfredo Stroessner was a cadet at the Paraguayan military academy. It would take a little over two decades for him to seize power through a military coup, and begin his 35-year reign as an implacable autocrat. 

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UN DÍA VOLVIÓ EL FÚTBOL A SUDAMÉRICA. El retorno del fútbol se dio en Paeaguay. Luego de una postergación por unos confusos positivos al COVID-19 de 55 personas (hecho que se sigue investigando) el balón volvió a rodar en Paraguay.  El país sudamericano fue el primero del continente en reanudar su torneo.  La fecha 9 arrancó con 2 partidos: River vs Nacional y Cerro Porteño ante Libertad. Para hoy hay 2 partidos más. General Díaz recibe al Sportivo San Lorenzo y Sportivo Luqueño enfrentará a Olimpia. El jueves se verán las caras Guaireña FC y Guaraní. Quedó postergado para el 5 de agosto Sol de América vs 12 de Octubre. TIGO SPORTS AUTORIZAN EXHUMACIÓN DE STROESSNER. La Justicia brasileña autorizó la exhumación del exdictador paraguayo Alfredo Stroessner, quien está sepultado en Brasilia. Esto se da a instancias de Enrique Alfredo Fleitas, supuesto hijo del dictador, y de Michelle Fleitas, quien además es madre de otras dos supuestas hijas del mencionado.  El litigante pide ser reconocido e incluido en la herencia de US$ 20 millones.  Stroessner, uno de los hombres más poderosos de Sudamérica entre las décadas de 1950 y 1980, murió a los 93 años de edad el 16 de agosto de 2006 en Brasilia. Allí vivió en el exilio desde febrero de 1989, cuando cayó el régimen que había presidido desde 1954.  EFE RECHAZADO DE NUEVO. El pedido de libertad compasiva para Juan Ángel Napout, ex dirigente del fútbol sudamericano, condenado a 9 años de prisión por el caso FIFA Gate. Napout contrajo COVID-19 dentro de la prisión en Florida pero para la jueza Pamela Chen su salud no está en alto riesgo.  VERSUS AL RESCATE DE LA UNIÓN EUROPEA. Los 27 mandatarios europeos lograron en la madrugada del martes un histórico acuerdo para superar los estragos del coronavirus. Aprobaron un inédito fondo de 750.000 millones de euros basado en la mutualización de deuda. Se trata de un pacto que ayudará a los europeos, especialmente a Italia y a España, a enfrentar la profunda recesión estimada para 2020 por la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus. Los 27 líderes acordaron que la Comisión Europea tomará prestado el dinero en los mercados financieros en nombre de la UE. Se distribuirán en forma de subvenciones y préstamos. DW BRASIL SE ASEGURA VACUNAS. Brasil tomó la delantera en Latinoamérica en la carrera por la vacuna contra el nuevo coronavirus.  En una conferencia de prensa celebrada este martes 21, el director del Instituto Butantan, Dimas Covas, habló sobre la aplicación de los primeros 120 millones de dosis de CoronaVac , suficiente para inmunizar a 60 millones de brasileños. 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La actriz Natalie Portman, la estrella de tenis Serena Williams y su hija Alexis Olympia Ohanian son parte de un grupo mayoritario fundado por mujeres que será el dueño del equipo de fútbol más nuevo de los Estados Unidos. También entre las fundadoras están algunas ex futbolistas estadounidenses como Mia Hamm y Abby Wambach, la empresaria de medios de comunicación y entretenimiento Julie Uhrman, la inversora Kara Nortman y otras conocidas actrices como Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Garner y Eva Longoria. La Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino anunció que el nuevo equipo de Los Ángeles se unirá a la liga en la primavera de 2022. NWSL SOCCER SIN PÚBLICO, SIN RIESGOS. Cerca del regreso de las competiciones europeas, Aleksander Ceferin, presidente de la UEFA, garantizó que los partidos no tendrán fanáticos en los estadios.  En una entrevista con el sitio web oficial de la entidad, el representante dijo que no quiere correr riesgos. Ceferin también dijo que espera que los clubes cooperen en los juegos de equipos nacionales, que se reanudarán en septiembre.  En octubre y noviembre, habrá tres partidos en cada descanso. SPORT INMORTALES. El nombre Queen sigue en los primeros puestos de las listas. El disco de grandes éxitos de la banda inglesa acumula 55 semanas en el tope del ranking de álbumes de la revista estadounidense Billboard. Solo el disco Legend (1984) de Bob Marley superó esta cifra, con 126 semanas en lo más alto del listado.  Greatest Hits de Queen llegó al primer lugar en junio de 2018, poco antes del lanzamiento de la película Bohemian Rhapsody. BILLBOARD  

Este es un capitulo especial. No solo por que hablamos mucho con Michi sobre la historia de los 108 y sobre la avanzada neo-fascista por América Latina, sino también por que hablamos de una campaña sumamente necesaria para poder avanzar en medidas de reparación y no repetición de crímenes de lesa humanidad. Si sos sobreviviente o familiar de un sobreviviente de la persecución del régimen de Alfredo Stroessner en el caso de los 108 o en el caso Palmieri, compartí tu relato con Michi para poder recuperar la historia y lograr la reparación por parte del Estado paraguayo. Para comunicarte con Michi y tenes una historia que crees que pueda aportar a la campaña, escribí a: Gmail: 108memoriasparaguay@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/memoriaslgbtipy Para contactar directamente con Michi podes escribirle por: Twitter: www.twitter.com/Michimoragas . . . fb: @putoelquelee108 tw: @putoelquelee108 Ig: @censurado108 Producción General: Puto El Que Lee La cortina musical del programa es "Zona Roja" de Mnesis En Buenos Aires nos salvo la vida Nacho Franco (Tecnico en sonido) Nos superviso en sonido desde Paraguay: Octavio Linares Agradecimientos especiales a Nico Granada y al equipo de El Surtidor.

01:55 A.M. del 18 de enero de 1988. Mario Ferreiro sube al escenario del Club Nacional de San Bernardino por última vez para presentar el cierre del Festival con Soda Stereo. Unas 20 mil personas completaban más de 12 horas de rock en el que sería el comienzo del último año de la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner en Paraguay. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mario-ferreiro/message

Pasaron 31 años de la apertura democrática en Paraguay. El 2 de febrero de 1989, se gestaba el alzamiento militar conocido como la noche de la Candelaria que al día siguiente, 3 de febrero derribó a la dictadura del Gral. Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989). WIKIPEDIA GUAIDÓ EN MIAMI. El "acto por la libertad" de Venezuela y toda Latinoamérica, como lo ha calificado el líder opositor venezolano, Juan Guaidó estuvo rodeado de fuertes medidas de seguridad. Fueron invitados todos los venezolanos del sur de Florida, los latinoamericanos en general y los cubanos y nicaragüenses en particular. Tambiéb las autoridades de EEUU, tanto del Partido Republicano como del Demócrata.  De acuerdo con estimaciones del Pew Research Center con base en el censo de EEUU, hasta finales de 2017 había en Estados Unidos unos 420.806 venezolanos, de los cuales 226.625 eran ciudadanos estadounidenses. La mayoría están concentrados en el sur de Florida.  EL ESPAÑOL HACIA LA ABSOLUCIÓN DE TRUMP. El Senado de los Estados Unidos votó el viernes en contra de llamar a testigos y recoger nuevas pruebas en el juicio político del presidente Donald Trump, abriendo el camino para la casi segura absolución de Trump esta semana.  EN CHINA LEVANTAN HOSPITAL EN TIEMPO RECORD.  Este lunes comenzará a funcionar con un personal de más 1.400 trabajadores sanitarios militares el nuevo hospital levantado en la ciudad de Wuhan, epicentro de contagio del nuevo coronavirus que se ha cobrado ya la vida de 360 personas en China. Las nuevas instalaciones, construidas en 10 días tendrán un total de 1.000 camas. El nuevo balance se conoce horas después de que se registre la primera muerte fuera de China, lo que reavivó el temor a la propagación de la epidemia. Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). El fallecimiento ocurrió en Manila y se trata de un hombre chino de 44 años oriundo de Wuhan, epicentro de la epidemia. NOVAK DJOKOVIC GANA EN AUSTRALIA Y ES NÚMERO UNO DEL MUNDO. Novak Djokovic ha superado a Dominic Thiem para ganar su octava corona del Abierto de Australia, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Es su 17 título de Grand Slam. Y vuelve a ser el número uno.En mujeres, la estadounidense de origen ruso, Sofia Kenin logró, a sus 21 años, su primer título de Grand Slam al derrotar en la final a la española Garbiñe Muguruza. PUNTO DE BREAK   JOAQUIN PHOENIX Y ´1917´ FUERON GANADORES EN BAFTA. El actor Joaquin Phoenix se alzó este domingo con el Bafta a mejor actor por su interpretación en "Joker", durante la 73 edición de los premios de la Academia Británica de las Artes Cinematográficas y de la Televisión. La película "1917" se llevó este domingo el Bafta a la mejor película en la 73 edición de los premios de la Academia Británica de las Artes Cinematográficas y la Televisión. El filme sobre la Primera Guerra Mundial, dirigido por Sam Mendes, se impuso a "Joker", "Parásitos", "Erase una vez...en Hollywood" y "El irlandés" en la categoría más codiciada de la noche.   BAD BOYS FOR LIFE SIGUE SUMANDO. "Bad Boys for Life" siguió siendo el número 1 en la taquilla durante un período lento para los estrenos de Hollywood, aguantando por tercer fin de semana consecutivo. Su mayor competencia fue el Super Bowl, que mordió la venta de entradas para el cine. ECARTELERA   CAMPEONES. El Super Bowl LIV deja a los Chiefs de Kansas City como los nuevos monarcas. Con la victoria ante 49ers obtuvieron su primer título de campeones desde 1970. Y EL ENTRETIEMPO TUVO MUCHA ENERGÍA. Shakira, Jennifer López fueron las estrellas principales. Cantaron y bailaron deslumbrando a todos y mostrando además un mega despliegue de bailarines y vestuario.  Bad Bunny y J Balvin acompañaron a las divas en el Hard Rock de Miami. El toque latino del Super Bowl 54.

Un primero de marzo frente al Panteón de los Héroes, Agripina Portillo esperaba a Alfredo Stroessner. En su mano llevaba una bomba. Estaba determinada a matarlo. Y morir con él.--Producido por El Surti.Encontranos en www.elsurti.com/despacio-sonoroSomos @elsurti en Instagram, Facebook y Twitter.Suscribite a nuestro WhatsApp: +595 981 167 320, donde estamos en contacto directo con nuestra comunidad de escucha. Además, el primer viernes de cada mes te enviamos un nuevo episodio de Despacio Sonoro.

Sandra recibe a "Voces"  una banda de Catamarca en la que familia, entorno y lugar de origen son el principal moldeador de su arte. El grupo está integrado por Natalia Santillán, Lorena Santillán, Marina Santillán y Nahir Segura en voz; Francisco Santillán en dirección, guitarra y voz y Franco Santillán en Percusión, sintetizadores y voz. Por otra parte y hablando de cine, Sandra Mihanovich recibe a un director paraguayo Hugo Giménez, que presenta en Buenos Aires su ópera prima "Matar a un muerto" con las actuaciones de Ever Enciso y Jorge Román. El film transcurre a fines de la década del 70 y reúne a par de enterradores confinados a una selvática isla a la que la extensa dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner envía cadáveres de opositores políticos, con una persona que fue enviada como muerto pero aún se encuentra con vida. Sobre el final una entrevista telefónica con el pianista y guitarrista entrerriano Carlos "negro" Aguirre.

Todd, Del, and Paul Return to February 1989 to go over news events, movie releases, and album releases. News Events Feb 3 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay Feb 10 Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame   Feb 15 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends   Feb 21 Paul leaves for Navy boot camp at Great Lakes, IL   Feb 22 31st Grammy Awards: Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman Record of the Year Linda Goldstein (producer) & Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy"   Album of the Year George Michael (producer & artist) for Faith   Song of the Year Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Best New Artist Tracy Chapman Feb 24 Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife Feb 25 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title Feb 26 Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career Feb 28 Memo by Bryant Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public   Movies February 3      Her Alibi                        Who's Harry Crumb?                        Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects February 10   Cousins                        The Fly II February 16    The Mighty Quinn February 17     Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure                         The `Burbs                         True Believer Music February 1 The Great Radio Controversy by Tesla                   Don't Tell a Soul by The Replacements   February 6 Beyond the Blue Neon by George Strait                    Dylan & the Dead by Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead   February 7 As Nasty As They Wanna Be by 2 Live Crew                   Blessing in Disguise by Metal Church                   Mystery Girl by Roy Orbison                   Spike by Elvis Costello   February 20 The Raw and the Cooked by Fine Young Cannibals                     Storm the Studio by Meat Beat Manifesto   February 22 Jed by Goo Goo Dolls   February 27 Oranges & Lemons by XTC   February 28 Indigo Girls by Indigo Girls

El núcleo familiar del nuevo presidente de Paraguay, “Marito” Abdo Benitez, estrechamente relacionado con la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner; mantiene su poderío económico. Ahora frente al ejecutivo, empresarios ligados al régimen con grandes intereses privados han llegado al poder.

El núcleo familiar del nuevo presidente de Paraguay, “Marito” Abdo Benitez, estrechamente relacionado con la dictadura de Alfredo Stroessner; mantiene su poderío económico. Ahora frente al ejecutivo, empresarios ligados al régimen con grandes intereses privados han llegado al poder.

Cuando salió del Teatro Municipal el 4 de mayo de 1954, Luis Casabianca supo que Alfredo Stroessner había subido al poder. El padre de Rubén Ayala sintió que su hijo estaba en peligro por tener una biblioteca. Rosa Palazón tuvo, el día después del golpe del 89, una pequeña venganza contra los policías que la acosaban en la calle todos los días. Ventanas abiertas recoge historias cotidianas de una dictadura, que durante más de tres décadas, se debatió entre el terror y el absurdo.--Producido por El Surti.Encontranos en www.elsurti.com/despacio-sonoroSomos @elsurti en Instagram, Facebook y Twitter.Suscribite a nuestro WhatsApp: +595 981 167 320, donde estamos en contacto directo con nuestra comunidad de escucha. Además, el primer viernes de cada mes te enviamos un nuevo episodio de Despacio Sonoro.

ALFREDO STROESSNER raccontato da Gennaro Carotenuto

..1-La lotta paga. In Armenia la piazza spinge il premier Sarkisian alle dimissioni. ( Simone Zoppellaro) ..In Nicaragua il presidente Ortega ritira la riforma delle pensioni dopo una settimana di protesta e 25 morti. ( Gianni Beretta) ..3-Francia, 23 aprile 2013. 5 anni fa l'approvazione della legge sul matrimonio per tutti. ( Luisa Nannipieri) ..4-Terrorismo. Condannato a 20 anni di reclusione Salah Abdeslam per una sparatoria vicino a Bruxelles. L'unico sopravvissuto degli attentati di Parigi è attualmente incarcerato in Francia. ..( Gabriele Annichiarico) ..5-Paraguay, la destra estrema ancora al potere. ..Alle presidenziali vittoria del candidato del Partido Colorado Mario Benitez. Il padre fu segretario personale di Alfredo Stroessner dittatore per 30 anni. (Alfredo Somoza) ..6-Germania. Andrea Nahles, prima presidente del Spd. ..I giornali tedeschi sottolineano la profonda spaccatura del partito e il suo declino che sembra irreversibile. ( Flavia Mosca Goretta) ..7-Serie Tv. Al via la seconda stagione di Westworld ..( Alice Cucchetti – Film TV)

..1-La lotta paga. In Armenia la piazza spinge il premier Sarkisian alle dimissioni. ( Simone Zoppellaro) ..In Nicaragua il presidente Ortega ritira la riforma delle pensioni dopo una settimana di protesta e 25 morti. ( Gianni Beretta) ..3-Francia, 23 aprile 2013. 5 anni fa l’approvazione della legge sul matrimonio per tutti. ( Luisa Nannipieri) ..4-Terrorismo. Condannato a 20 anni di reclusione Salah Abdeslam per una sparatoria vicino a Bruxelles. L’unico sopravvissuto degli attentati di Parigi è attualmente incarcerato in Francia. ..( Gabriele Annichiarico) ..5-Paraguay, la destra estrema ancora al potere. ..Alle presidenziali vittoria del candidato del Partido Colorado Mario Benitez. Il padre fu segretario personale di Alfredo Stroessner dittatore per 30 anni. (Alfredo Somoza) ..6-Germania. Andrea Nahles, prima presidente del Spd. ..I giornali tedeschi sottolineano la profonda spaccatura del partito e il suo declino che sembra irreversibile. ( Flavia Mosca Goretta) ..7-Serie Tv. Al via la seconda stagione di Westworld ..( Alice Cucchetti – Film TV)

..1-La lotta paga. In Armenia la piazza spinge il premier Sarkisian alle dimissioni. ( Simone Zoppellaro) ..In Nicaragua il presidente Ortega ritira la riforma delle pensioni dopo una settimana di protesta e 25 morti. ( Gianni Beretta) ..3-Francia, 23 aprile 2013. 5 anni fa l’approvazione della legge sul matrimonio per tutti. ( Luisa Nannipieri) ..4-Terrorismo. Condannato a 20 anni di reclusione Salah Abdeslam per una sparatoria vicino a Bruxelles. L’unico sopravvissuto degli attentati di Parigi è attualmente incarcerato in Francia. ..( Gabriele Annichiarico) ..5-Paraguay, la destra estrema ancora al potere. ..Alle presidenziali vittoria del candidato del Partido Colorado Mario Benitez. Il padre fu segretario personale di Alfredo Stroessner dittatore per 30 anni. (Alfredo Somoza) ..6-Germania. Andrea Nahles, prima presidente del Spd. ..I giornali tedeschi sottolineano la profonda spaccatura del partito e il suo declino che sembra irreversibile. ( Flavia Mosca Goretta) ..7-Serie Tv. Al via la seconda stagione di Westworld ..( Alice Cucchetti – Film TV)

Augusto Roa Bastos es una de las figuras esenciales de la literatura hispanoamericana del siglo XX y, probablemente, el escritor paraguayo más internacional. Roa Bastos indaga en la raíz indígena para desvelar las claves de la identidad paraguaya. En su obra fusiona la estirpe guaraní con el legado colonial para ofrecer un arquetipo nacional del Paraguay, recreando los mitos de su personalidad colectiva. Con su participación en la Guerra del Chaco, que enfrentó a su país con Bolivia entre 1932 y 1935, y después con el exilio, forzado por su defensa de los derechos humanos durante el intento de golpe de estado que sufrió Paraguay en 1947, Roa Bastos acrecentó la visión trágica de su país. El poder, la dictadura y la violencia, unidos al anhelo por la patria, trazarán las líneas básicas de su narrativa que culminará en su afamada trilogía compuesta por las novelas, Hijo de hombre, Yo el Supremo y El fiscal. Hondamente afectado por un sentimiento de desarraigo y expatriación, el exilio le dotó de una visión externa y general con la que observar la realidad de su país. Su universo literario reconstruye su memoria paraguaya y ahonda en las raíces del ser humano y en las grandes temáticas del poder; su fuerza, su alcance y su relación con las personas, expuesto desde diferentes puntos de vista y registros literarios. Aunque Roa Bastos perteneció a la importante generación de escritores surgidos en Hispanoamérica durante el siglo XX, catalogada por el mundo editorial como boom de la literatura latinoamericana, no se sintió identificado con esta etiqueta. Siguiendo su propio impulso, decidió a mitad de los años sesenta guardar un silencio editorial que abarcará una década. Durante ese tiempo continuó desarrollando una importante labor como guionista de cine y televisión, y como profesor de guión, ocupaciones que fueron su principal sustento material. Tras recibir en 1989 el Premio Miguel de Cervantes de Literatura en Lengua Castellana, Roa Bastos pudo volver a su Paraguay natal con la caída del dictador Alfredo Stroessner. Allí moriría en 2005 a la edad de 88 años. Julia Murga conduce este número de Documentos RNE a través de la voz del propio autor. Acompañan el recorrido por su vida y su obra los escritores y catedráticos de universidad en Literatura Hispanoamericana Francisco Tovar Blanco y Vicente Cervera Salinas, junto al profesor y director del Máster de Edición de la UAM Eduardo Becerra Grande. ----------------------------------------------- Algún día en alguna parte: Web: http://buff.ly/1KQot5O Fragmentos para olvidar: http://buff.ly/1KQot5P Facebook: http://buff.ly/1R7rT0A Twitter: http://buff.ly/1R7rT0B Google+: http://buff.ly/1R7rT0C Tumblr: http://buff.ly/1R7rR8J Pinterest: http://buff.ly/1R7rT0D Instagram: http://buff.ly/1KQouGJ Podcast: http://buff.ly/1R7rR8M Canal en ivoox: http://buff.ly/1R7rR8N * Suscríbete a mi canal de YouTube: http://buff.ly/1R7rTgS Email: contacto@algundiaenalgunaparte.com

Augusto Roa Bastos es una de las figuras esenciales de la literatura hispanoamericana del siglo XX y, probablemente, el escritor paraguayo más internacional. Roa Bastos indaga en la raíz indígena para desvelar las claves de la identidad paraguaya. En su obra fusiona la estirpe guaraní con el legado colonial para ofrecer un arquetipo nacional del Paraguay, recreando los mitos de su personalidad colectiva. Con su participación en la Guerra del Chaco, que enfrentó a su país con Bolivia entre 1932 y 1935, y después con el exilio, forzado por su defensa de los derechos humanos durante el intento de golpe de estado que sufrió Paraguay en 1947, Roa Bastos acrecentó la visión trágica de su país. El poder, la dictadura y la violencia, unidos al anhelo por la patria, trazarán las líneas básicas de su narrativa que culminará en su afamada trilogía compuesta por las novelas, Hijo de hombre, Yo el Supremo y El fiscal. Hondamente afectado por un sentimiento de desarraigo y expatriación, el exilio le dotó de una visión externa y general con la que observar la realidad de su país. Su universo literario reconstruye su memoria paraguaya y ahonda en las raíces del ser humano y en las grandes temáticas del poder; su fuerza, su alcance y su relación con las personas, expuesto desde diferentes puntos de vista y registros literarios. Aunque Roa Bastos perteneció a la importante generación de escritores surgidos en Hispanoamérica durante el siglo XX, catalogada por el mundo editorial como boom de la literatura latinoamericana, no se sintió identificado con esta etiqueta. Siguiendo su propio impulso, decidió a mitad de los años sesenta guardar un silencio editorial que abarcará una década. Durante ese tiempo continuó desarrollando una importante labor como guionista de cine y televisión, y como profesor de guión, ocupaciones que fueron su principal sustento material. Tras recibir en 1989 el Premio Miguel de Cervantes de Literatura en Lengua Castellana, Roa Bastos pudo volver a su Paraguay natal con la caída del dictador Alfredo Stroessner. Allí moriría en 2005 a la edad de 88 años. Julia Murga conduce este número de Documentos RNE a través de la voz del propio autor. Acompañan el recorrido por su vida y su obra los escritores y catedráticos de universidad en Literatura Hispanoamericana Francisco Tovar Blanco y Vicente Cervera Salinas, junto al profesor y director del Máster de Edición de la UAM Eduardo Becerra Grande. ----------------------------------------------- Algún día en alguna parte: Web: http://buff.ly/1KQot5O Fragmentos para olvidar: http://buff.ly/1KQot5P Facebook: http://buff.ly/1R7rT0A Twitter: http://buff.ly/1R7rT0B Google+: http://buff.ly/1R7rT0C Tumblr: http://buff.ly/1R7rR8J Pinterest: http://buff.ly/1R7rT0D Instagram: http://buff.ly/1KQouGJ Podcast: http://buff.ly/1R7rR8M Canal en ivoox: http://buff.ly/1R7rR8N * Suscríbete a mi canal de YouTube: http://buff.ly/1R7rTgS Email: contacto@algundiaenalgunaparte.com

Paraguayn diktaattori Alfredo Stroessner oli vallassa 35 vuotta ja käytti itsestään nimeä El Excelentissimo, kaikkein erinomaisin. Kansan keskuudessa Stroessnerista käytettiin nimitystä eversti takakontti, koska eräästä vallankaappausyrityksestä hän joutui pakenemaan auton takakonttiin piiloutuneena. Alfredo Stroessnerin hallintokauttaan leimasivat murhat, kidutukset ja pelokas pysähtyneisyys. Hän pysyy brutaalin ja ahneen eteläamerikkalaisen hallitsevan sotilasjohtajan prototyyppinä. Tämä hyvin syöneeltä baijerilaisen oluttuvan isännältä näyttävä mies antoi turvapaikan monille entisille natsijohtajille. Paraguayhin tuli jopa 200 000 saksalaista toisen maailmansodan jälkeen. Kuuluisin natsijohtaja, joka oli Stroessnerin suojeluksessa oli pahamaineinen Josef Mengele. Stroessneria syytettiin natsien suojelusta, mutta todellisuudessa hän tarjosi turvapaikan kaikille jotka olivat valmiita maksamaan siitä reilun korvauksen. Stroessnerin järjestelmää on useissa yhteyksissä kutsuttu köyhän miehen natsihallinnoksi. Ihmisiä kidutettiin, kidnapattiin ja murhattiin. Salainen poliisi valvoi kaikkea. Alfredo Stroessner peastasi turvallisuuspäällikökseen tyylitajuisen kiduttajan Pastor Coronelin. Kerrotaan, että Coronel koristeli kidutuskammioidensa seinät hakaristeillä ja Hitlerin, Mussolinin ja kenraali Francon kuvilla. Stroessnerin aikakaudella Paraguay oli myös läpeensä korruptoitunut maa. Korruptio oli itse asiassa ainoa tapa selvitä Paraguayssa. Pankkien transaktiot suoritettiin maan harvinaisella intiaanien kielellä, koska kun esimerkiksi Euroopasta tuli satunnainen verotarkastaja Paraguayhin jonkin talousrikoksen jälkeen, niin ei ihan heti auennut mitä oli maksettu ja kenelle. Stroessnerin saavutus oli koulujärjestelmän luominen, tosin siitä millaista opetussuunnitelmaa maassa noudatettiin, ei ole tietoa. Kansa kuitenkin tuli lukutaitoiseksi ja sivistyneemmäksi, joka pelasti maan suistumasta sisällissotaan, kun Stroessner lopulta syöstiin vallasta. Raimo Tyykiluodon vieraana on kirjailija Ari Ahola, joka on mm. suomentanut teoksen Ihmishirviöt - maailmanhistorian julmimmat ihmiset. Kuva: ABC Color, EPA

Hoy le toca el turno a Paraguay en nuestro ciclo de dictadores. Les dejamos a Alfredo Stroessner, el brutal dictador paraguayo que logró batir un record de permanencia en el gobierno en América Latina con 35 años. De signo anticomunista, … Sigue leyendo →