Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, military commander and politician: born Encarnación, ... Taiwan and Pinochet's Chile, Stroessner's closest friends and ideological soul mates.

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Despite being ousted in 1989 after a 35-year reign of terror, during which 20,000 people were tortured, executed or disappeared, some Paraguayans feel as if Gen. Alfredo ...

Along with the deceased ex-strongman's grandson, Alfredo "Goli" Stroessner, were his two surviving legitimate children, Gustavo and Graciela, as well as all his nephews, nieces and their offspring.

Despite being ousted in 1989 after a 35-year reign of terror, during which 20,000 people were tortured, executed or disappeared, some Paraguayans feel as if Gen. Alfredo Stroessner never truly left.

FILE - Former detainees react as retired Police Commissioner Eusebio Torres receives a 30-year sentence for torturing detainees during Gen. Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship, at Justice Palace in ...

FILE - The feet are what remains of a statue of former dictator Gen. Alfredo Stroessner, that was removed decades prior, from Victory Peace Monument on Lambare Hill in Asuncion, Paraguay, Aug. 14 ...

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Despite being ousted in 1989 after a ...

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Despite being ousted in 1989 after a 35-year reign of terror, during which 20,000 people were tortured, executed or disappeared, some Paraguayans feel as if Gen ...