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Paraguay makes payments to 34 victims of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner's 1954-1989 dictatorship
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AP Worldstream
04-07-2004
Dateline: ASUNCION, Paraguay
Paraguay's government made payments totaling US$270,000 Wednesday to 34 former political prisoners and other victims of Alfredo Stroessner's 35-year dictatorship.
At a ceremony in the capital, Economy Minister Dionisio Borda handed out checks ranging from US$500 to US$15,000 to people who had been imprisoned during Stroessner's 1954-1989 iron-fisted rule.
Borda said those awarded compensation included a 90-year-old former president of the communist party who spent 18 years behind bars until his release in 1972. The man was reported held ...
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