Alfredo Stroessner (born 1912) became president of Paraguay in 1954, and ruled as a dictator until he was overthrown and forced into exile in 1989. Alfredo Stroessner was born on Nov. 3, 1912, at the southeastern Paraguayan border city of...

Alfredo Stroessner, 93, the Paraguayan despot whose 35-year reign marked an uninterrupted period of repression in his country, which became a haven for Nazi war criminals, deposed dictators and smugglers, died Aug. 16 at Hospital Santa Luzia in Brasilia of complications from a hernia...

General Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, dictator of Paraguay, died on August 16th, aged 93 NOT only Africa has a heart of darkness. South America has one too, squeezed in the tight embrace of Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Two great rivers, the Paraguay and...

Today is Thursday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2007. There are 137 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.On this date:In 1777, American forces won the Revolutionary...

Latin America is finally owning up to its "dirty wars" _ the nightmarish campaigns of state-sponsored violence in which hundreds of thousands died or "disappeared." But the death of Chile's Gen. Augusto Pinochet shows the continent's leftist leaders of today must act fast to expose...