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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...
About 15,000 people accompanied him to the Colorado Party headquarters and cheered again when he appointed Juan Ramon Chaves as party president, replacing pro-Stroessner militant Sabino Montonaro...
Residents deserted downtown Ascuncion streets Thursday when firefights involving cannon, recoilless rifles and heavy machine guns broke out in the most serious incident against Stroessner since he took power...
During his stay in Paraguay, which capped a twelve-day tour that included Uruguay, Peru and Bolivia, John Paul II expressed veiled displeasure with Stroessner's rule by criticizing corruption and human rights abuses. Stroessner grudgingly permitted the Pope to meet with the Builders of Society, a group that includes opposition figures. But the government-run newspaper Patria growled with displeasure. "These are not the builders of society," the paper fumed, "but the destroyers of society...