Remembering the ‘Stronismo’: How ghost of a brutal dictator haunts Paraguay | Politics

Remembering the ‘Stronismo’: How ghost of a brutal dictator haunts Paraguay | Politics

Marina Kue, Curuguaty, Paraguay – A lonely dirt road leads to Marina Kue in eastern Paraguay; 2,000 hectares of arable land forever marked as a last stand between the heirs of Paraguay’s late dictator, General Alfredo Stroessner, and the victims of his brutal dictatorship, the landless peasants. At dawn on June 15, 2012, a 350-men … Read more

South Africa: 30 years after apartheid, what has changed? | Nelson Mandela News

South Africa: 30 years after apartheid, what has changed? | Nelson Mandela News

Three decades ago, on April 27, 1994, after centuries of white rule, Black South Africans voted in general elections for the first time. This marked the official end of apartheid rule, cemented days later when Nelson Mandela was sworn in as the country’s first Black president. Since the arrival of Dutch settlers in the 1600s … Read more