Stroessner Regime

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The Stroessner Regime was a military dictatorship, sponsored by the US that ruled Paraguay from 1954 until it's downfall in 1989. It was led by the dictator Alfredo Stroessner.

Notable Crimes

Sheltering Nazis

Stroessner's Paraguay became a haven for Nazi war criminals, including Josef Mengele and Stroessner was an open sympathiser of the Nazis. Foreign press often referred to his government as the "poor man's Nazi regime".