BRASILIA, Brazil – Alfredo Stroessner, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay for decades with a blend of force, guile and patronage before his ouster in 1989, died in exile Wednesday. He ...

Brasilia, Brazil – Alfredo Stroessner, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay with a blend of force, guile and patronage before his ouster in 1989, died in exile Wednesday. He was 93.

Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay's former military dictator who ruled from 1954 to 1989 through a mix of populism, patronage and repression, died in Brazil Wednesday. He was 93. By the time he was toppled ...

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 ...

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — It was one of the first actions taken by Paraguayans in public defiance of their overthrown dictator, a military strongman who unleashed a 35-year reign of terror, killing ...

BRASILIA, BRAZIL — Alfredo Stroessner, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay for decades with a blend of force, guile and patronage before his ouster in 1989, died in exile on Wednesday.

Reporting from Asuncion, Paraguay — The son of a top aide to former dictator Alfredo Stroessner is expected to be elected president of this South American nation as Paraguayans go to the polls Sunday.

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. Alfredo ...

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 ...