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2006, 16:48 GMT 17:48 UK Ex-Paraguayan ruler dies in exile
Alfredo Stroessner (2001 file picture) Alfredo Stroessner lived
in exile in Brazil for 17 years Paraguay's former military ruler
Alfredo Stroessner has died aged 93 in a hospital in the
Brazilian capital.  Gen Stroessner had contracted pneumonia
following an operation for a hernia on 29 July.  Gen Stroessner,
who led a military coup in 1954, had lived in exile in Brazil
since being ousted in 1989.  Paraguay had said earlier it would
not pay tribute to him as he was a renegade from justice and was
wanted for questioning over alleged rights abuses.  Operation
Condor  Gen Stroessner was renowned as a staunch anti-communist,
and was an ally of apartheid South Africa and Chile's Gen
Augusto Pinochet.  Hundreds of files discovered after his
departure revealed Paraguay's extensive role in the repression
of left-wing activists across sou