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...earlier statement, Rodriguez did not mention specific goals or motivations or specify whether he was acting against Stroessner personally...
Paraguyan President Gen. Alfredo Stroessner was ousted in an uprising that began late Thursday when tanks backed by the number two military commander, Gen. Andres Rodriguez, fired on the headquarters of the police and the presidential guard...
...Rodriguez was sworn in as president yesterday in a coup that reportedly left scores dead. He was cheered by several thousand citizens as he took the oath of office and swore in a Cabinet...
...Rodriguez, a member of a faction that supports democratic reforms, said nothing about elections nor how long his provisional presidency would last. He spoke at his swearing-in ceremony and in a nationwide address hours earlier in which he declared he was "taking command of the country from this moment...
Diplomats and political sources said earlier Thursday that Rodriguez for undetermined reasons apparently was ordered to give up his command and retire, or accept the post of defense minister. He refused...