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Part One: Alfredo Stroessner: The Luckiest Dictator

Behind the Bastards

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The Barefoot Revolution in Paraguay

In the early 40s, Paraguay was ruled by a dictator named Moringo. In 1946, he legalized political activity again and formed a cabinet with the Colorado Party. Gonzalez becomes more and more convinced that the right politics for Paraguay might be some kind of, you'd call it national socialism.

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