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2006-08-17 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Fred 2006-08-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 To quote somebody: "He may have been a S.O.B., but he was our S.O.B.!

Notice how ~~Parador~~,er, Paraguay did not wind up a post-commie hell-hole. While I could wish for more humane methods of dealing with the eneimies of civilization, I have no complaints about the result. There are worse legacys for dictators to leave behind.

May Paraguay always know prosperity and tranquility.

Posted by N guard 2006-08-17 03:07|| 2006-08-17 03:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Wasn't he the guy who refused to modernize the bus system (or some other public transport system) in his capital city because of some prediction that his government would be over if he did?

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-08-17 08:21|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-08-17 08:21|| Front Page Top

#3 yet he was as much a Paraguayan peasant at heart: devious, calculating and shrewd, with little in the way of a political ideology.

How utterly condescending. All peasants everywhere are apolitical, devious, calculating and shrewd -- necessary to fight the unfair advantages of the landed gentry. But then, this is the Telegraph, so I shouldn't be surprised.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-17 13:26|| 2006-08-17 13:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Re #1: FDR on Somoza

Posted by borgboy 2006-08-17 14:04|| 2006-08-17 14:04|| Front Page Top

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