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Part Two: Alfredo Stroessner: The Luckiest Dictator

Behind the Bastards

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The Importance of Private Property in Paraguay

When stressner came to power, the first person he killed was a government official tasked with carrying out a land reform policy. As part of these client-list networks, stressner divided what remained a public land among his allies. Eight million hectares were given away or sold at negligible prices to army generals and Colorado grandis. This led directly to a situation where all wealth in Paraguay was determined by land ownership.

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