Alfredo Stroessner Quotes

Alfredo Stroessner — Paraguayan Statesman born on November 03, 1912, died on August 16, 2006

Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda was a Paraguayan military officer who served as President of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. He ascended to the position after leading an army coup in 1954. His 35-year-long rule is the second longest in modern Latin American history behind only Fidel Castro, who ruled Cuba from 1959 to 2008. Stroessner's rule is ranked 17th-longest among other non-royal national leaders since 1870, and made him one of the world's longest-serving non-Communist heads of state... (wikipedia)

There was no reason for a revolution in Paraguay.

I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised.

I was always confident that I knew. I never expected this.

We can't make any statements here. We can't talk about the internal politics of Paraguay.