NOT only Africa has a heart of darkness. South America has one too, squeezed in the tight embrace of Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Two great rivers, the Paraguay and the Paraná, flow through Paraguay ...

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil? Longtime Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner, who was the longest-ruling leader in the Western Hemisphere until he was ousted from power in 1989, died Wednesday in Brasilia ...

General Alfredo Stroessner, the former President of Paraguay who died yesterday at 93, was one of the last of Latin America’s old-style military dictators. Stroessner came to power in a coup which ...

Alfredo Stroessner, the former general who ruled Paraguay for nearly 35 years through a combination of paternalistic politics, astute strategic alliances and ruthless repression, died Wednesday in ...

ASUNCION, ParaguayASUNCION, Paraguay — The eldest son of the late dictator Alfredo Stroessner has died in Paraguay, and a human rights activist said Monday the death makes it more difficult to recover ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Despite being ...

Alfredo Stroessner, the former general who ruled Paraguay for nearly 35 years through a combination of paternalistic politics, astute strategic alliances and ruthless repression, died Wednesday in ...

Alfredo Stroessner, the Paraguayan despot whose 35-year reign marked an uninterrupted period of repression in his country, which became a haven for Nazi war criminals, deposed dictators and smugglers, ...

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 ...