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And the world didn’t know us
because Paraguay

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was not this lively nation, full of hope,
but the Unknown.

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The mysterious and forgotten country
enclosed at the heart of America.

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It is determined by its landlocked,
central geographical position,

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surrounded by two giants:

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Brazil to the east
and Argentina to the southwest.

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Paraguay,
the giant province of the Indies,

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and the Atlantic was called
“the Paraguayan sea".

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Paraguay, a country larger than California
but smaller than Texas,

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is one of the least developed
of the South American republics.

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Paraguay is one of the least
known nations of the world,

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three times the size of England and Wales.

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Paraguay has only the population
of the Birmingham area.

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PARAGUAY TROOPS IN REVOLT

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A MILITARY UPRISING
HAS TAKEN PLACE IN PARAGUAY.

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THE PRESIDENT OF PARAGUAY HAS BEEN DEPOSED.

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GENERAL STROESSNER HAS ASSUMED POWER.

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PARAGUAYAN EVENTS
PRESENTS:

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ITS DAILY EDITION.

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We are now
in the four-times centennial

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city of Asunción,
capital of the Republic of Paraguay.

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General Alfredo Stroessner
will assume the presidency,

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and the people
are celebrating the event

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as an important step forward
in their democratic life.

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The solemn swearing-in ceremony
is taking place

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with the transmission
of the presidential command

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to General Alfredo Stroessner,

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who will govern the country’s destiny

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for the constitutional period
ending in 1958.

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I, Alfredo Stroessner, swear before God
and the Fatherland

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to perform with fidelity and patriotism

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the office of President
of the Republic of Paraguay

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and to observe and ensure the observance
of the Constitution and Laws.

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Should this not be done, God
and the Fatherland will demand it of me.

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GENERAL STROESSNER
WELCOME TO THIS COLLEGE

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THE 20TH CENTURY
WITH GOD AND STROESSNER

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PARAGUAY IS ENTERING AN ERA
OF PEACE, PROGRESS AND FRATERNITY

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Up with those flags!
And here's a cast of girls,

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parading with their typical costumes,
in the Juan de Salazar square.

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Up with those flags!

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Greetings go in this triumphant message
from Army General Alfredo Stroessner

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in this impressive act
of the Colorado Party.

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Here are the Colorado people,

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the people of peace,
of work and progress.

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Long live the Colorado Party!

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Long live General Stroessner!

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THE COLORADO PEOPLE OF SAN JUAN
WISH A HAPPY STAY

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TO THE LEADER
OF PARAGUAYAN NATIONALISM

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ARMY GENERAL
ALFREDO STROESSNER

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ENSURE THE VALUE OF YOUR VOTE.

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STROESSNER REPRESENTS A WILL,
A PEOPLE, A HOPE.

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VOTE FOR STROESSNER.

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On May 5, 1954,
General of Artillery Don Alfredo Stroessner

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became President of
the Republic of Paraguay.

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He took power with the help of the army
and the Colorado Party, the red party.

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Red here means the Right,
which has been represented for 100 years

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by this “Colorado Party”,
the party of order and peace.

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Beware those tempted to challenge
this established happiness,

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they will automatically
be dubbed "Communists".

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"How do you explain, Mr. President,

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the enormous popularity
of the Colorado Party?"

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"The Colorado Party
is the Party of our Homeland.

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And it has always embodied
the ideals of our country."

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So, who is Colorado?

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Government Officials, doctors,
craftsmen are in the party

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because there is no work in Paraguay
outside the party.

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Stroessner is concerned about his image,
that of a good president

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who had the Constitution modified

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in order to be elected President
every five years.

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Attention Paraguayan people!

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General Alfredo Stroessner
will address you!

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Colorados of the Capital!

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I feel deeply moved

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in the midst of this gigantic concentration
of Colorados

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numbering over 10,000 souls!

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Compatriots,

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throughout the course of this campaign

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I have expressed my patriotic thoughts
with tenacity.

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I have been meticulous
with all the information

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and I have tried
to be understood by everyone,

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from the humblest
to the highest-ranking citizens.

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And I am pleased to say

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that when we speak to the people,

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the people understand us.

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When we personally
travel to the countryside,

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even the children
know who we are,

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because we never use deceit or fraud,

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which are the weapons of choice
of those who fight against us.

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It depends on the conduct of our opponents
that no unpleasant incidents

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and no regrettable events occur.

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The example of righteousness
is given by the Colorado Party

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and the others must imitate it.

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Co-religionists!
Ladies and gentlemen of our Party!

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PARAGUAY IS CELEBRATING!

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In this my song I’m going to praise
General Stroessner

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Now there’s a real guy,
ruling over our Paraguay

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Thanks to him, we all live a great life
in our country

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Which is why I can’t compare him
to any other leader

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He is Don Alfredo, our President

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Who defended our country
far off in the Chaco

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Because he truly loves this Great Homeland
and all its people

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He’s brought Peace
and Progress to Paraguay

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Let’s all unite, fellow countrymen!

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Let’s join General Stroessner!

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Let’s all work together!

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To make our country grow

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We’re all grateful,
so let’s join forces

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If we truly love our Paraguay

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And let’s shout out
to the whole world

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There is no one to match
General Stroessner!

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THE ARTILLERY QUEEN.

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Attention co-religionists
from all over the Republic!

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From this moment on, the following
radio stations are transmitting:

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Radio Paraguay,

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Radio President Stroessner
of President Stroessner City

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President Stroessner

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Radio of President Stroessner City

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Presents: the Voice of Coloradismo.

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May Paraguay be great,
happy and prosperous!

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May peace be permanent!

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For democracy, social justice

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and the freedom
of the glorious people of Paraguay!

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Down with the subversive
political preaching

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that seeks to divide
the Paraguayan family.

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President
Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay.

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when President Johnson
first met at Punta del Este in 1967.

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Has been instituting democratic reforms
in Paraguay's political apparatus.

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His endeavors have not gone unnoticed.

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In a country
founded on the principles of democracy

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I can assure you that in my country
there is freedom and there is democracy.

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Our desire in Paraguay
is that all working men and those who study

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shall have security.

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And security, also, in their posterity.

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
CONFERENCE ROOM

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“Operation Condor”

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PARAGUAY
(CODE NAME: CONDOR-4)

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Operation Condor is a cooperative arrangement
among the military services

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of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay,
Uruguay, and Brazil

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to counter terrorism and subversion.

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Stroessner’s Role

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The pillars of Stroessner’s regime are the President’s
Colorado Party and the armed forces.

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Asunción, the capital of the sister
Republic of Paraguay

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awaits the arrival
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Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla.

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We live in times where
our democratic ideals are being tested

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as well as our conception
of the free personality of man.

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The nefarious plans
of Marxist totalitarianism

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seek the division
of the great American family

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and attempt to impose an ideology
that spreads violence and hatred…

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The adherence to the principles
of Latin American solidarity is reiterated.

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In view of the current
situation of violence,

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that shakes the world
and the hemisphere,

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every form of terrorism and subversion
is energetically condemned.

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We are with His Excellency
the President of the Republic of Paraguay,

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Don Alfredo Stroessner.

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Mr. President:

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You are surely not unaware that
on the outskirts of Buenos Aires

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“emergency towns”
have been erected

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that are in fact slums.

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The population of these slums,

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is mostly made up of
Paraguayan citizens,

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who have entered my country
almost always without documentation.

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Why have they left Paraguay?

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And what is the fate
of these Paraguayans?

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The situation
of Paraguayans in Argentina

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is a matter of interest to us

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because my government
never neglects

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all the problems related to the fate
of our compatriots.

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Paraguay has been maligned so much
on press freedom issues

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because we haven't put enough money
into counteracting this

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and paying for the silence
of the slanderers.

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The Paraguayan government
does not spend on propaganda.

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The best that can be said
in answer to your question

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is that you look for yourself and analyse
the real state of our press

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with your own eyes,
and not through my own assessments,

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to convince yourselves
that we do not need

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to copy other press
freedoms abroad

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to be proud
of our own press freedom.

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PEACE, WORK AND WELL-BEING WITH STROESSNER.

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Paraguayan
political life is closely controlled.

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Police permits are needed
for all meetings.

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The single television station
is barred to the opposition,

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and radio broadcasts
need advance official approval.

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Watchful political police are everywhere.

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“Pyrague” they called, or people with hairy feet

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and they could be anyone.

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One Paraguayan in ten,
said to be a paid informer.

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And the Minister of Justice has admitted
there are so many of them,

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they run out of information
and have to make it up.

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With the Constitution and the laws,

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the Government formulates
the terms of its peaceful revolution,

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unique in the world,

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because it is one of total change,

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without violence, without terror,

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one of peace,
based on the democratic institutions.

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17 YEARS OF PEACE.

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We note that, for a long time now,

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the men of this country have been
victims of injustice,

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and this takes place
whether or not they are Catholic.

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Justice for man is important,
but unfortunately,

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there are numerous cases of citizens
whose rights have been violated,

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without them having
any means of defending themselves.

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The people of Paraguay are here:

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this peasant farmer's
name is Elogio Velazquez,

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and there are a million
others like him

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growing sugar cane, tobacco or manioc
on one or two hectares.

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I belong to a community-based
Christian organisation.

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Here, when a farmer is summoned
by the chief of police,

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it is always the chief of police
who is right

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and the peasant is the one who
has to keep his mouth shut.

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It’s only the commissioner
who can attack me and who has a voice.

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I, as a farmer, don’t have the right
to say a single thing to the authorities.

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The peasants meet each week
in small groups of seven or eight,

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clandestine meetings which, for the moment,
symbolise an awakening,

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a “conscientisation” the priests call it.

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Supervised and watched over
by the chief of police

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and the head of the Colorado
Party of his village,

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the Paraguayan peasant has not yet
given shape to the word "revolt".

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What does "the people" mean?
What do we need and how do we live?

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Velázquez who speaks the language
of his Indian ancestors, Guaraní, says:

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"Before I used to think
with other people's minds.

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Now I think with my own mind."

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The peasants in their agrarian unions,
forced to obey until now,

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no longer want to be landless peasants,

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cultivating land that
does not belong to them.

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I’m not afraid.

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Why should you be afraid?

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Because it’s beautiful.

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It's beautiful,
Colorado is beautiful,

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Democracy is beautiful.

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There is no dictatorship.

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The Paraguayan democracy
is beautiful,

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Colorado Party is lovely,
that's all.

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Paraguayans know how to be cheerful,

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relaxed,

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capable of using bright colours

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for their simplest clothes,
so like our own.

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You can watch them in
the everyday life of the city.

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It’s the life of a people
who have suffered,

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a life that’s often been marked
by adversity throughout its history.

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But they know how to
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and prepare with obstinate faith

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a better future for the next generation.

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In the streets of Asunción,

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you can see the living example
of a people who work day in, day out

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so as to provide
a happy future for their children.

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Everywhere in the city you can find
the presence of Brazil.

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We feel at home here!

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It's quite palpable,
the fraternal receptivity

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of the Guaraní nation
towards its neighbours.

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The ideal of an immense
and definitive fraternisation

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between the peoples
of Latin America

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has begun to become
a reality here.

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The great plant of Itaipú,
the largest undertaking in the world,

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is located on the Paraná river,
the border between Brazil and Paraguay.

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The project aims to improve

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the exploitation of
this river's water resources,

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which belong jointly to both countries.

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All the government resources
of both countries have been mobilised

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so that the environmental impacts
can be reduced to a minimum.

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Neither one nor the other
will be affected

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by the construction
of the Itaipú power plant.

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The filling of this lake began
a few days ago,

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like a catastrophe movie.

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Villages had to be
evacuated in haste

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and thousands of animals
were collected.

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THE MEETING OF THE WATERS.

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In our Paraguayan homeland
A real guy was born

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Who brought to his fellow-countrymen
Peace and quiet, happiness...

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Who truly loves his homeland,
There aren’t many others like him.

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Who is raising our country
Up there to the highest peak.

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Now in our country we see
beautiful things

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Schools and hospitals
And wonderful roads.

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And already they are announcing
The building of the dam

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Which will bring development
With progress and well-being.

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General Alfredo Stroessner,
This noble human being

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Who brings Peace and Order,
Growth and Freedom

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To all those of us who are patriots,
Let us stand up to shout:

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Long Live General Stroessner!
Long Live the new Paraguay!

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Itaipú is not just about
working to build

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the largest
hydroelectric dam in the world.

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Gone are the times when similar works
were carried out

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by men crowded into
uncomfortable barracks and sheds.

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The presidents of Brazil and
Paraguay were opening

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the world's biggest hydroelectric substation.

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The giant type of dam has already
cost $12 billion dollars,

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and the lives of 100 workmen.

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Today, not only does the opposition scream
and shout against violence,

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not only do the dispossessed peasants
no longer agree

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with the current regime,

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but also a whole new class
that benefits from economic development

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linked to the construction
of the Itaipú dam,

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they all demand change.

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We have been working, as you know,
all night long,

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we were present
during all the various proceedings,

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the arrests of suspicious persons,

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who have been taken
to the Investigations Department.

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But at this time, I don’t wish
to give you any information on the subject.

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CAPITAL CITY POLICE

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Department of Investigations,
Asunción-Paraguay

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Arrested in the capital, Asunción,
February 23, 1982.

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Member of the Central Committee
and Secretary of organisation.

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Maria Margarita Baez Romero, Paraguayan,
single, 33 years old and dressmaker.

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SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE
FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS

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Margarita Baez is a revolutionary leader,
highly intelligent and of great persuasive power.

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Margarita Baez resisted firmly and heroically
to every type of torture.

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In a basement of the Investigations Headquarters,
Margarita Baez comforted the weeping prisoners.

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The women of the countryside
worshipped Margarita as a heroine of the people,

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The imprisoned mothers
recommended to their children,

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imprisoned with them,
to regard Margarita an example.

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FROM LAUSANNE, HE FIGHTS
FOR HIS SISTER DETAINED IN ASUNCIÓN

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Sir, your sister Margarita Baez
is currently incarcerated in Paraguay.

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Because she was found in
a clandestine printing press

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belonging to the prohibited
Communist Party.

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What exactly happened to her?

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Well, my sister was arrested
in the year 1982.

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She was held hostage for eighty days

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where she was tortured
using all kinds of violence.

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They tore out her nails
and beat her on the head

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which caused brain damage.

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And that is a typical way

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the torturers in Paraguay
act in the service of the government.

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She is currently in the women's prison
in Asunción, Paraguay,

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She is suffering
the consequences of torture.

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And the authorities,
especially the legal ones,

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still have not authorised the medical care
her health requires.

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Your sister,
who was five months pregnant,

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lost her child and then
her husband was murdered.

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Exactly.

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April 12th,
at President Stroessner Airport.

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The sun is shining
and there’s a big crowd for this special,

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quite exceptional day
when Alfredo Stroessner is going on a trip.

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The president is happy,

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even if thousands of Paraguayans
have preferred exile to his regime,

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because the country has not seen
a revolution since he came to power.

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“Peace, work and welfare”
with Stroessner,

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who will be re-elected next year

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President of the Republic of Paraguay.

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Alfredo Stroessner
had been to Washington once,

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but had never left
the American continent.

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This 12th April, he is going to Japan.

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The president follows with interest
the movements of the young Japanese.

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He was received by his Excellency,
General Franco.

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Two pumas or American lions
have been donated to the Madrid Zoo

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by the President of Paraguay,
General Stroessner

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I was happy to learn
that President Pompidou

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expresses himself
very well in Spanish.

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I think there's rather a haze.

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Last week,
Stroessner achieved his goal

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of paying a short visit
to the land of his parents.

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In Hof,
the birthplace of his father,

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he met some German relatives

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who were waiting
for their cousin from South America.

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His cousin, Heinz Stroessner,
closed his bakery

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to join Alfredo at the family table.

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In his Munich residence,

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Stroessner received his relatives
with a roast lamb and mint dinner.

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The 60-year-old general,

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who seized power 19 years ago

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and has been ruling the country
with an iron fist ever since,

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praised German punctuality
and their work ethic at the table.

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He could not satisfy
those who questioned him outside the gates.

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The Paraguayan flag competed in Hof
with political slogans.

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Youth organisations
and Amnesty International

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cast a shadow over the naïve joy
of the citizens of Hof

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with information
from third-hand sources.

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According to them, the dictator not only
puts his political opponents behind bars,

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but some of them were also thrown out
of airplanes over the Paraguayan jungle.

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FREEDOM FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS
IN PARAGUAY

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PRESIDENT STROESSNER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ASUNCION

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PRECAUTION,
MILITARY ZONE.

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Josef Mengele, the SS doctor of Auschwitz,
believed he'd be safe in Paraguay

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because of president's Stroessner ideology
and his German background.

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Like Mengele's Stroessner family
came from Bavaria, birthplace of Nazism.

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Mengele chose this area for its large
German population, where he found

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sympathy and understanding
from many fellow Nazis.

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Named the Hotel Tirol, this German style

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hotel in the area
has become a meeting place for Nazis.

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Alfredo Stroessner the Paraguayan President,

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is also a frequent visitor.

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JUDICIARY.

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JOSE MENGELE
Letter of Naturalization.

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A permanent resident

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in the country.

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Army General Alfredo Stroessner
President of the Republic of Paraguay.

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Right thumb.

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In 1964, the German embassy in Asuncion,

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asked the Paraguayan government
for Mengele's extradition.

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President Stroessner declared
Mengele untouchable

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because of his Paraguayan citizenship.

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In Paraguay, Beate Klarsfeld,

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who is continuing her hunt
for former Nazi criminals

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00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:31,040
was today ordered to leave
her hotel in the capital, Asunción,

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for having been offensive
and disrespectful

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to the President of the
Republic of Paraguay,

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Alfredo Stroessner.

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MENGELE, OUT!
LET THE EXILES COME HOME!

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NO MORE EXILES,
KILLERS OUT!

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Beate Klarsfeld had been demonstrating
in front of the court room

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to demand the extradition
of SS Officer Josef Mengele,

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who was responsible for the death
of 400,000 people at Auschwitz.

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STROESSNER YOU ARE LYING
WHEN YOU SAY

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THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW
THE WHEREABOUTS OF SS MENGELE.

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00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:31,600
THE MAN AND THE MYTH.

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00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:35,040
HISTORY DOES NOT FORGIVE.

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MENGELE HUNT FOCUSES.

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IT SEEMS MENGELE
IS STROESSNER'S PERSONAL DOCTOR.

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MENGELE PROTECTED
AT MILITARY BASE IN PARAGUAY.

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Farmer, farmer, housewife.

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00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:28,200
Antonio Sotomayor Perez, 52 years old,
Paraguayan Communist Party,

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guerrilla, imprisoned until 1967.

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He moved to the Russian capital,
where he stayed for two years

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and from there he came to France
where he stayed for several days.

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Expelled to Argentina
after his release,

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he is now in Paris
and has agreed to talk.

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My name is Antonio Sotomayor,
I am married and have four children.

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00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:16,160
I was imprisoned for eight years,
on January 13, 1964

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at the 3rd Police Station
on the corner of Chile and Jejuí streets,

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a few blocks from the CIA building
and the Palace of Justice.

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I was detained in the countryside
for trade union activities.

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00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,200
I was then taken to the
to the Bureau of Investigation

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where I was tortured with methods
inherited from the Nazi criminals.

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For example, being plunged
into a bathtub full of excrement and urine

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until you suffocate.

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And they start all over again
to get you to admit what they want.

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...until you can't breathe anymore.

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Then after letting you recover slightly,
they plunge you in again.

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In general,
the prisoners are illiterate peasants

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making economic,
political and social demands.

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-Were you tried?
-No.

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I spent eight years in prison
and I was never tried.

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Just like all the other prisoners
still in Paraguay's police jails.

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00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:30,360
They asked me if I was a Communist
and who were the Party leaders.

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00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:32,560
I told them I was a trades unionist

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00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:34,760
but they wanted me to admit
I was a Communist.

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00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:38,040
...I said that this was not my work,
that mine were only union matters.

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00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:43,480
They insisted on wanting to blame me
for this membership.

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After eight days of negotiation,

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00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:02,160
Alfredo Stroessner decided to receive us
before his cabinet,

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seated amidst the men
with whom he had taken power.

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00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:09,800
But, surprise,
Stroessner refused the classic interview.

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and agreed to respond
in writing to a questionnaire.

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To the question:

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"Mr. President, is it true,
as we think in France,

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00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:19,360
that your country
protects Nazi criminals?"

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Written response:

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00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:26,400
"Paraguay does not accept any refugees

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whose presence may cloud relations
between two friendly nations".

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00:56:30,680 --> 00:56:34,160
Need I remind you that Josef Mengele,
the physician and executioner of Auschwitz

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has been a Paraguayan citizen
since October 30, 1959?

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00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:44,680
Here General Stroessner tells us
how pleased he has been to receive us,

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00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:47,760
but that he will respond in writing today.

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00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:49,960
Just a few more minutes Mr. President?

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We are going to talk,
we are going to talk!

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All right, you can go
to the secretariat now and I'll go and...

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THE CANDIDATE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS.

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The guaraní,
the Paraguayan currency

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00:57:36,640 --> 00:57:38,800
is one of the most stable currencies.

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00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:44,280
Paraguay's economic take-off
began in 1970.

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Thereafter,
the cumulative annual growth rate was 7.5%.

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00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:57,040
In 1977,
the Gross Domestic Product rate

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00:57:57,720 --> 00:58:01,920
was 11.8%,
the highest in the world.

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00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:06,960
In 1978, it was 10.5 %

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00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:12,600
The guaraní, the Paraguayan currency
is one of the most stable

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the inflation rate for many years
was 4% per year.

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In 1978 it was 10%.

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00:58:22,520 --> 00:58:27,000
On the fringe of Paraguayan society,
on tribal groups of Indians.

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00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:31,200
A few still carry on their traditional
semi-nomadic way of life.

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00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:37,480
Some earn a living by
putting themselves on display.

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00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:44,480
In 1978, a human rights group claimed
that the culture of the Paraguayan Indian

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was being destroyed by a President's
Stroessner, racist regime.

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00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:52,320
Tell him to pretend he's shooting an arrow,
to shoot an arrow.

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00:58:57,280 --> 00:58:58,400
Tell him to shoot it!

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00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:05,160
Let him shoot it!

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00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:10,200
They reported that the Indians
were tortured and treated as slaves,

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00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:14,800
women were used as prostitutes
and children were trained as domestic servants.

477
00:59:16,040 --> 00:59:21,240
The Paraguayan government
denied the charges as a communist lie.

478
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:32,760
Look this way!

479
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:38,400
The right wing policies of President Stroessner

480
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:41,360
have made Paraguay
a haven for the rich and infamous.

481
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:45,480
But now there's growing
international pressure to stop this.

482
00:59:47,240 --> 00:59:50,360
It remains an isolated
refuge and hideaway.

483
00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:53,800
But for how long?

484
01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:32,120
Parents!

485
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:33,440
Elders!

486
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:36,800
Children! We shout your name!

487
01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:41,520
Here is the Governing Board,
magnificently united!

488
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:44,800
Here are the glorious Armed Forces.

489
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:47,280
Here is the Colorado people.

490
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:50,120
Here is our gratitude, my General!

491
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:51,760
Three hurrahs! Hip-Hip-Hooray!

492
01:00:55,720 --> 01:01:02,920
Gentlemen, Army Chiefs and officers
of the glorious Armed Forces of the Nation.

493
01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:08,920
The re-election
of President Stroessner

494
01:01:09,080 --> 01:01:11,720
is a national necessity.

495
01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:16,320
Mothers, daughters, sisters,

496
01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:19,200
girlfriends, wives,

497
01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:25,080
who are equivalent to almost 50%
of the national electorate,

498
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:31,320
we will be present to cast our vote
in favour of President Stroessner.

499
01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:36,160
I am going to speak to you in Guaraní,

500
01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:40,120
because we, the Colorados,
combatants and Stronists,

501
01:01:40,680 --> 01:01:42,000
we can speak in Guaraní.

502
01:01:42,920 --> 01:01:47,440
Why are we asking for
our “Big Daddy” again?

503
01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:50,560
We’ve come to tell you,

504
01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:53,640
that it will be you again,
my General.

505
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:59,040
Sometimes you may
even be tired of us!

506
01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:03,400
But when you see
that your people need you,

507
01:02:03,840 --> 01:02:05,880
you can't abandon us, General!

508
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:08,400
You can’t deny us, General!

509
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:24,200
I heard that they said
that we are not Colorados, gentlemen,

510
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:26,720
that we are only Stronists.

511
01:02:26,880 --> 01:02:29,840
But isn't Alfredo Stroessner a Colorado?

512
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:31,800
Who is going to defend the party?

513
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:42,760
And then they want to talk
about human rights.

514
01:02:42,920 --> 01:02:45,560
What human rights
are they going to talk about?

515
01:02:56,920 --> 01:02:59,800
Freedom is not about
massacring young people.

516
01:03:14,160 --> 01:03:17,120
I could never have been
head of the government

517
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:18,760
for so many years,

518
01:03:19,160 --> 01:03:21,880
against the wishes
and views of the people!

519
01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:33,360
We are and will be a democracy
without Communism.

520
01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:37,320
Demagogues
and professionals of the fallacy

521
01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:39,280
will not deceive public opinion

522
01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:41,840
about the concept
of democratic government.

523
01:03:42,400 --> 01:03:45,800
We are the defenders of human rights

524
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:50,800
because we defend the joy of children,
the safety of those who work,

525
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:54,760
of the farmer, of the worker,
the hopes of those who study.

526
01:03:55,720 --> 01:03:58,960
Everyone must respect
this indisputable principle:

527
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:02,400
in democracy, the majority rules!

528
01:04:12,920 --> 01:04:16,240
His Excellency,
the President of the Republic

529
01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:21,080
is being handed a gold badge
with the symbolof the Quadrinomium.

530
01:04:24,200 --> 01:04:25,920
Adorned with a jewel,

531
01:04:26,440 --> 01:04:32,800
that synthesises the brilliance
of 33 years of Colorado government

532
01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:36,240
with Army General,
Don Alfredo Stroessner.

533
01:05:07,720 --> 01:05:11,840
A foreign military officer
accompanied by Colonel Caballero.

534
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:16,120
He's a Chilean who comes especially
to present his greetings

535
01:05:16,320 --> 01:05:19,880
on behalf of General Pinochet
and the Chilean Armed Forces.

536
01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:26,360
Now General
Rolando Gonzalez Murdoch.

537
01:05:27,920 --> 01:05:32,960
General Gonzalez,
Doctor Carlos Alberto Yaryes.

538
01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:39,120
The Counter-Admiral…

539
01:05:41,560 --> 01:05:44,680
Sometimes we miss the names
because they pass by...

540
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:46,040
- That's right.
-...so quickly.

541
01:05:46,240 --> 01:05:49,560
Naval Captain Rojas Ortiz.

542
01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:56,160
We also saw
Dr. Guillermina Baez de Nuñez.

543
01:05:58,200 --> 01:06:00,080
Congressman Silvio Mesa Britez.

544
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:02,880
Director of the Post Office,
Mr. Manuel Modesto Esquivel.

545
01:06:05,480 --> 01:06:07,680
Commander of the First Army Corps,
General Rodriguez.

546
01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:13,360
My General, who is celebrating

547
01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:16,080
one more year of life
in his existence.

548
01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:19,080
A fruitful existence

549
01:06:20,160 --> 01:06:22,240
that has contributed
to the development

550
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:25,200
and prosperity
of the Paraguayan people.

551
01:06:25,720 --> 01:06:30,920
And to this development,
one May 4th, 1954,

552
01:06:31,080 --> 01:06:33,440
you gave the initial kick-off.

553
01:06:33,960 --> 01:06:36,240
Thus, my General,
there are innumerable

554
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:40,360
actions carried out
by your constructive government.

555
01:06:41,080 --> 01:06:44,080
But on this occasion it is worthwhile,

556
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:45,840
at least, to mention some of them.

557
01:06:46,240 --> 01:06:47,480
The aviation fleet

558
01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:51,320
to unite capitals

559
01:06:51,480 --> 01:06:53,640
and major cities from
all over the world,

560
01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:55,000
on several continents.

561
01:06:55,800 --> 01:06:57,280
And so on,

562
01:06:57,480 --> 01:07:04,800
until we get to the construction
of the hydroelectric power station,

563
01:07:05,360 --> 01:07:08,120
with the completion of Itaipú.

564
01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:09,280
A marvellous construction.

565
01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:11,760
And finally, my General,

566
01:07:11,920 --> 01:07:15,400
on behalf of all those under your orders,
I would like to present you

567
01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:17,720
with a modest gift:

568
01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:22,400
an outboard motor,

569
01:07:23,560 --> 01:07:27,880
that in a moment of recreation,
you might like to use to go fishing.

570
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:32,000
And with these words
we say congratulations, my General.

571
01:07:52,480 --> 01:07:58,080
Ladies and Gentlemen
now for some words

572
01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:04,600
from Major General Don Andres Rodriguez
Senior Commander of the First Army Corps.

573
01:08:04,840 --> 01:08:05,840
FEBRUARY 1989.

574
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:07,560
Attention, Paraguayan People,

575
01:08:09,120 --> 01:08:11,280
Comrades of the Armed Forces,

576
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:14,400
and inhabitants of the entire Republic,

577
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:17,680
to the natives of our dear Paraguay,

578
01:08:18,840 --> 01:08:21,160
as well as to all those good people

579
01:08:22,360 --> 01:08:25,760
who have decided to come and join us
in this beautiful country,

580
01:08:26,520 --> 01:08:28,080
Let me inform you that:

581
01:08:28,600 --> 01:08:32,200
the situation
has been fully brought under control.

582
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:36,000
The unanimous support
of the Armed Forces

583
01:08:36,400 --> 01:08:38,120
and of the people in general

584
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:42,760
has made it possible
to restore tranquility

585
01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:45,840
for the good
of our beloved Paraguay.

586
01:08:49,320 --> 01:08:51,760
Stroessner
had been in power for 34 years,

587
01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:53,880
a dictatorship record.

588
01:08:55,920 --> 01:08:58,800
A coup d'état led by a close collaborator
of General Stroessner,

589
01:09:00,280 --> 01:09:02,160
General Rodriguez,

590
01:09:02,560 --> 01:09:05,040
number two in the régime,
related to Stroessner

591
01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:08,480
through the marriage of his daughter
to the dictator's youngest son.

592
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:12,440
A notorious drug dealer,
if public rumour is to be believed,

593
01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:15,280
who is nicknamed
"the Cocaine General".

594
01:09:31,280 --> 01:09:34,920
PARAGUAY,
A TROPICAL COUP D'ÉTAT.

595
01:09:55,160 --> 01:09:58,240
It's 10:02 in the morning,
today is a historic day in Paraguay

596
01:09:58,560 --> 01:10:00,400
General Alfredo Stroessner
has been overthrown,

597
01:10:00,560 --> 01:10:03,040
and has been given 12 hours
to leave the country.

598
01:10:06,520 --> 01:10:13,800
Take the sign down!
Down with the sign!

599
01:10:31,560 --> 01:10:33,880
Well, it's an incredible moment
we're living now.

600
01:10:34,040 --> 01:10:36,320
Nobody could really imagine
that today

601
01:10:36,480 --> 01:10:38,680
Stroessner, who has been dictator
for 34 years,

602
01:10:39,120 --> 01:10:40,880
would cease to be
President of the Republic

603
01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:43,440
to become a prisoner
in a sad cell

604
01:10:43,640 --> 01:10:45,320
of the first corps of
the Paraguayan Army.

605
01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:47,320
It’s a crucial moment.

606
01:10:47,640 --> 01:10:50,240
We believe that although
there are doubts

607
01:10:50,360 --> 01:10:52,800
and suspicions about the
future of democracy in Paraguay,

608
01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:56,080
this is an advance,
a step forward.

609
01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:38,040
One general chases off another

610
01:11:38,200 --> 01:11:41,400
we are not talking about a putsch,
but a revolution.

611
01:11:47,160 --> 01:11:49,280
After General Rodriguez
seized power,

612
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:50,800
it is not certain

613
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:53,960
that the Paraguayan dictatorship
fell with Stroessner.

614
01:11:54,600 --> 01:11:57,560
Perhaps it just changed its name.

615
01:12:02,800 --> 01:12:05,200
How do you feel about
overthrowing your fellow father-in-law?

616
01:12:06,920 --> 01:12:09,960
No, I don’t call it overthrowing,

617
01:12:10,120 --> 01:12:14,760
but I felt that I was defending
a just and beautiful cause.

618
01:12:14,960 --> 01:12:18,880
To give precisely those objectives
I believed in back to our Armed Forces

619
01:12:19,040 --> 01:12:22,440
so as to give them
some dignity and honour once again.

620
01:12:58,480 --> 01:13:00,440
In the three days
that General Alfredo Stroessner

621
01:13:00,640 --> 01:13:03,040
has been in Guaratuba,
he has only appeared in public once.

622
01:13:04,880 --> 01:13:06,800
He took a quick stroll
through the garden

623
01:13:06,960 --> 01:13:09,280
and immediately went back
into the mansion.

624
01:13:13,040 --> 01:13:18,200
Out Dictator!, Out Dictator!

625
01:13:19,880 --> 01:13:21,400
Dictator out!

626
01:13:24,800 --> 01:13:26,160
A few words?

627
01:13:26,720 --> 01:13:28,080
A few words?

628
01:13:29,040 --> 01:13:31,760
I resigned from the function

629
01:13:32,360 --> 01:13:35,040
and that's why I'm here.

630
01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:37,560
Why did you resign?

631
01:13:37,720 --> 01:13:39,360
Because it was convenient

632
01:13:39,880 --> 01:13:42,240
due to the special circumstances

633
01:13:42,720 --> 01:13:44,080
prevailing in Paraguay.

634
01:13:45,320 --> 01:13:48,880
I don’t want to say much more,
but that's the way it is.

635
01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:52,280
I had to leave
because it was convenient.

636
01:13:53,320 --> 01:13:55,920
It was convenient for me to do so.

637
01:13:57,240 --> 01:14:01,600
Is this resignation final?

638
01:14:02,280 --> 01:14:06,040
Well, nobody can ever
say what is definitive

639
01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:09,200
because things do not depend
on my own wishes.

640
01:14:10,520 --> 01:14:13,520
Sometimes rapid measures are taken

641
01:14:13,720 --> 01:14:16,640
and then later,
other measures are taken.

642
01:14:17,240 --> 01:14:20,760
But, it depends on my health,
my age,

643
01:14:20,960 --> 01:14:25,000
many factors may affect
the way things evolve,

644
01:14:27,320 --> 01:14:28,480
of how it all turns out…

645
01:14:28,800 --> 01:14:30,880
Nobody gives up, so...

646
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:32,000
But...

647
01:15:06,520 --> 01:15:08,360
These people have all come
from their villages.

648
01:15:08,520 --> 01:15:11,600
They have come to ask what has happened
to 23 members of their family,

649
01:15:11,760 --> 01:15:13,520
who disappeared under Stroessner.

650
01:15:23,840 --> 01:15:25,560
Were they soldiers?

651
01:15:26,240 --> 01:15:29,240
No, they were trades union members.

652
01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:31,880
May I have the list?

653
01:15:32,080 --> 01:15:35,040
How long will I have to wait?

654
01:15:35,160 --> 01:15:38,720
I have already told you, it depends
on the President's other activities.

655
01:15:38,880 --> 01:15:41,080
He is very busy, catching up.

656
01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:46,800
Disappearances
are counted by the thousand

657
01:15:47,240 --> 01:15:51,640
and the Paraguayan peasants
paid a large ransom to the dictatorship.

658
01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:55,480
Those who tried
to oppose the expropriations

659
01:15:55,960 --> 01:15:59,280
and to organise themselves
into cooperatives lost their lives.

660
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:09,600
We are in front of a court of law,

661
01:16:09,800 --> 01:16:11,920
you have to tell the truth
and nothing but the truth.

662
01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:15,560
To collaborate with justice
and collaborate with democracy.

663
01:16:15,680 --> 01:16:19,800
When I came here
exactly one year ago,

664
01:16:20,240 --> 01:16:22,560
these documents were already here.

665
01:16:23,640 --> 01:16:26,720
Because I only have
the part that's the Supervisor’s quarters.

666
01:16:26,880 --> 01:16:29,960
I have a warehouse up here
and the butcher’s shop downstairs.

667
01:16:30,120 --> 01:16:33,200
-And who has the key to this?
-The assistant, I think.

668
01:16:33,360 --> 01:16:35,880
-And who is the assistant?
-Commissioner Figueredo.

669
01:16:36,320 --> 01:16:39,920
And all these abnormalities
you're commenting on...

670
01:16:40,120 --> 01:16:41,440
I would be
the first one to…

671
01:16:41,640 --> 01:16:43,000
Do you know why?

672
01:16:43,160 --> 01:16:46,680
Because I work with this.
I'm a Christian.

673
01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:51,200
I have faith.
I have a family and I'm a good citizen.

674
01:16:51,680 --> 01:16:56,640
And I can swear to you that as
Production manager, I didn't know about it.

675
01:16:57,160 --> 01:17:00,960
I wouldn't hide it. I’m a clean guy.

676
01:17:01,160 --> 01:17:02,240
I believe you, Commissioner:

677
01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:04,440
You didn't know
what these documents contained.

678
01:17:04,600 --> 01:17:09,360
I mean, all the pain
hidden in these books.

679
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:10,520
I didn't know, Sir.

680
01:17:10,680 --> 01:17:13,360
Nor when they were brought here,
I can assure you.

681
01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:15,440
They weren't brought in the daytime...

682
01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:17,840
I can't tell you
when they were brought here.

683
01:17:42,800 --> 01:17:45,760
Well, I want to explain
to the citizens that

684
01:17:46,040 --> 01:17:49,960
through a proceeding
ordered by my court.

685
01:17:50,160 --> 01:17:52,080
We are here in store rooms

686
01:17:52,240 --> 01:17:55,600
that were apparently
part of the Archive of Investigations.

687
01:17:59,240 --> 01:18:02,840
Take a look at the list of detainees.

688
01:18:03,000 --> 01:18:06,160
There is a mountain of documents
that they kept here,

689
01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:09,680
related obviously to a past
that we don't want to see return.

690
01:18:09,840 --> 01:18:12,520
I think this is something historical.

691
01:18:13,840 --> 01:18:17,120
We are finding the record books
kept by the guards...

692
01:18:17,360 --> 01:18:19,320
Anyway,
there are countless things here.

693
01:18:26,200 --> 01:18:29,640
To make you realise
the extent of what has been found:

694
01:18:31,320 --> 01:18:34,800
the Daily Journal of
Investigations from the 1960s.

695
01:18:34,920 --> 01:18:37,640
Here are the dead,
here are the disappeared.

696
01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:41,160
The full report
on each political organisation.

697
01:18:41,320 --> 01:18:43,920
The list of the members
of the Communist Party.

698
01:18:45,160 --> 01:18:47,760
Here is the file
of all the secret agents

699
01:18:47,920 --> 01:18:50,920
that the police had infiltrated
into the labour unions, political parties.

700
01:18:51,160 --> 01:18:55,240
Here is the day-by-day
list of political prisoners,

701
01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:57,000
from the very
first Stroessner period.

702
01:18:57,200 --> 01:18:58,760
Nothing is missing,
everything is here.

703
01:19:04,480 --> 01:19:09,160
This is Derlis Villagra's health book,

704
01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:11,480
his identity card:

705
01:19:13,240 --> 01:19:18,600
The road registration card
of Derlis Villagra.

706
01:19:18,760 --> 01:19:19,800
When did he disappear?

707
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:21,760
He disappeared in '74.

708
01:19:22,920 --> 01:19:24,080
Was he politically affiliated?

709
01:19:24,240 --> 01:19:26,720
He was the General Secretary
of the Paraguayan Young Communists.

710
01:19:27,920 --> 01:19:33,480
The electoral option, a Dead End.
A mirage of the Left.

711
01:19:36,440 --> 01:19:42,200
Here is Argentina,
and their human rights.

712
01:19:43,400 --> 01:19:45,760
I don't know if you're getting this?

713
01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:53,600
Chile is not giving up!

714
01:19:54,760 --> 01:19:57,240
Then an unmentionable expression
that you will be able to read:

715
01:19:58,040 --> 01:19:59,760
Chile is not giving up, dammit!

716
01:20:00,760 --> 01:20:02,040
Lenin.

717
01:20:02,200 --> 01:20:04,080
This is the book
sequestered from a person.

718
01:20:04,280 --> 01:20:07,080
It says here - show it a bit -

719
01:20:07,680 --> 01:20:09,680
Lenin. Selected Works

720
01:20:09,880 --> 01:20:12,400
Sequestered from
Dr. Francisco Ortiz.

721
01:20:13,240 --> 01:20:17,360
Arrested January 16, 1960.

722
01:20:18,040 --> 01:20:23,600
And it is a work of Lenin.

723
01:20:24,720 --> 01:20:29,200
THE LENGTHY DETENTION
OF AN UNPROSECUTED CITIZEN

724
01:22:42,400 --> 01:22:47,200
There are two offers
to purchase the statue.

725
01:22:47,320 --> 01:22:52,160
One is from Dr. José Planás,
friend of Stroessner family

726
01:22:52,320 --> 01:22:56,720
indicating his desire to buy
it at a reasonable price.

727
01:22:56,920 --> 01:23:06,000
The other comes from José Benítez,
who said he would buy it for recycling.

728
01:23:06,160 --> 01:23:11,640
The statue of the former “Sole Leader"
rests in a damp place,

729
01:23:11,800 --> 01:23:16,720
among scrap metal, in the
municipal workshops of Asunción.

730
01:23:16,880 --> 01:23:21,240
The communal workers
who moved it there

731
01:23:21,400 --> 01:23:26,240
said they had placed the head
on two used tyres to serve as “his pillow".