Alfredo Stroessner News Today

His wife died in the 1970s after being forced to listen to his torture during the regime of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner. Years later, Almada's discoveries helped him bring legal claims on her behalf.

This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

Five decades ago, he was a feared policeman nicknamed "the Whip," an enforcer of Paraguay's military dictatorship.This was a year of mass arrests at the height of "Operation Condor" that saw South America's military dictatorships club together to hunt down and eliminate left-wing dissidents across national borders.

Impoverished residents in Mexico City and suburbs face continuing water shortages while 13,000 teachers in Saskatchewan walked out last week over low wages and underfunding of education.

A smuggling crackdown has threatened the livelihoods of the people who are just scraping by in this South American arbitrage economy.

The baroque churches beneath emerald-hued hills remind me of Bolivia. Roadside grills serving every cut imaginable make me think of Argentina or Brazil. The laidback couples sharing gourds of mate and kisses in the park could be in Uruguay. The American malls and big fat pickups smack of Santiago de Chile.

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The Italian company Pasubio, which sells upholstery to brands such as Jaguar, Land Rover and BMW, will no longer buy leather from suppliers that invade Indigenous peoples’ forests

Ethnic cleansing or “transfer” is an intrinsic part of Zionism’s early history, and has remained an essential feature of Israeli political life. More recently, “transfer” has been mainstreamed by billing it as encouraging “voluntary emigration.”

When it was created, the United Nations held out the ideal of equality between peoples and nations. However, from the very first months of its existence, Washington and London supported Israel against the Palestinian people. Then Washington falsified the Security Council, seating Formosa in China’s place and provoking a boycott of the USSR.