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Part One: Alfredo Stroessner: The Luckiest Dictator

Behind the Bastards

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Alfredo Stresner: A Mortar Commander

Alfredo Stresner was a general in Paraguay during the Chaco War of 1940. He is described as quiet, sober man whose main hobbies are chess, fishing and a weekly poker game. "If you ever meet someone who is quiet and competent, bear mace them," says CNN's Richard Quest.

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