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Part Two: Alfredo Stroessner: The Luckiest Dictator

Behind the Bastards

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The Importance of Hobbies When Stressed Out

When the construction of the A-Tai-Poo Dam stopped in 1981, that just so happened to occur at the same time as a global collapse in the value of cotton and soybean. The balance of payments and deficit for Paraguay gets so bad that stressner is finally forced to abandon his fixed growth for the currency. To cope with the stress, Alfredo increasingly gravitates to the only hobby that makes it all better: spoons.

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