Paraguay: Opposition Seeks Justice for US-Backed Dictatorship Era
Published 3 February 2018
The strongman’s rule occurred during the United States’ Operation Condor in Latin America.
Paraguayan opposition presidential candidate with the Ganar Party Efrain Alegre, and his vice presidential running mate Leonardo Rubin announced Friday that should they win the April 22 elections, they will seek justice and compensation for the victims of the country’s former U.S.-backed dictatorship.
The pair visited the Museum of Memory in the capital Asunción, which features documents and photos from the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner, who ruled the country from 1954 to 1989.
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"Here was a torture room, this is one of the prisons where they put the tortured, you can see the electric prods, you can see the tubs where they drowned the prisoners,” the vice presidential candidate continued. “It is a place that recalls a moment of great sadness in our country and we want to highlight it today so that it never happens again.”
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https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Paraguay-Opposition-Seeks-Justice-for-US-Backed-Dictatorship-Era-20180202-0028.html
