Seventy years since Alfredo Stroessner seized power, memories of his bloody legacy and a massacre in 2012 live on.
![Farmers protest in June 2012 holding pictures of people who died when they were fired upon by police evicting them from a reserve on the outskirts of Curuguaty, Paraguay. The events of that day have come to be known as the Curuguaty massacre [Jorge Saenz/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP120621132063-1719656301.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Klas Lundström is a journalist and writer with a focus on enviromental issues. He is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Seventy years since Alfredo Stroessner seized power, memories of his bloody legacy and a massacre in 2012 live on.
![Farmers protest in June 2012 holding pictures of people who died when they were fired upon by police evicting them from a reserve on the outskirts of Curuguaty, Paraguay. The events of that day have come to be known as the Curuguaty massacre [Jorge Saenz/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP120621132063-1719656301.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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