Near the end of his rule, he ordered the tear-gassing of American ambassador Clyde Taylor at a dinner held by the group Women for Democracy.  
This man brought American Colonel Robert Thierry to his nation to train employees of his government's Technical Section. Near the end of his rule, he ordered the tear-gassing of American ambassador Clyde Taylor at a dinner held by the group Women for Democracy.  The so-called "Archives of Terror" were discovered in 1992 in this man's former capital. During a coup attempt, he was driven to an embassy in the (*) trunk of a car, which gave him the nickname "Colonel Trunk." He was deposed in 1989, shortly after he suggested his homosexual son Gustavo would succeed him, a decision that did not sit well with this man's second in command and successor Andres Rodriguez. In 1970, this man made a deal with Brazil to construct the Itaipu Dam. Throughout his tenure, party politics were dominated by the Colorado Party. For 10 points, name this longtime Paraguayan dictator of German descent.
This man brought American Colonel Robert Thierry to his nation to train employees of his government's Technical Section.
Alfredo {Stroessner} Matiauda