ALFREDO STROESSNER
ALFREDO STROESSNER
(1912 - 2006) Paraguayan dictator from 1954 to 1989 whose 35-year rule, marked by an uninterrupted period of repression, was the longest in modern South American history. Partly-printed D.S., 1p. 12 x 16.5 in., Asuncion, Dec. 6, 1954, awarding the National Order of Merit to one Professor GEORGE T. PACK (1898-1969), renowned American oncologist who founded the Pack Medical Group and once operated on Argentinian first lady Eva Peron.Stroessner signs at the bottom-right in black ink. Signed additionally by TOMAS ROMERO PEREIRA (1886-1983), short-lived President of Paraguay who came to power as a compromise between the military and the Colorado Party after Stroessner's 1954 coup. Framed. Fine.
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ALFREDO STROESSNER
(1912 - 2006) Paraguayan dictator from 1954 to 1989 whose 35-year rule, marked by an uninterrupted period of repression, was the longest in modern South American history. Partly-printed D.S., 1p. 12 x 16.5 in., Asuncion, Dec. 6, 1954, awarding the National Order of Merit to one Professor GEORGE T. PACK (1898-1969), renowned American oncologist who founded the Pack Medical Group and once operated on Argentinian first lady Eva Peron.Stroessner signs at the bottom-right in black ink. Signed additionally by TOMAS ROMERO PEREIRA (1886-1983), short-lived President of Paraguay who came to power as a compromise between the military and the Colorado Party after Stroessner's 1954 coup. Framed. Fine.
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