ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — It was one of the first actions taken by Paraguayans in public defiance of their overthrown dictator, a military strongman who unleashed a 35-year reign of terror, killing hundreds of people and imprisoning thousands more.
In a howl of dissent, crowds massed around the newly elected socialist mayor of Asunción, Paraguay’s capital, to tear down a bronze statue honoring Latin America’s longest-ruling dictator, Gen. Alfredo Stroessner, two years after his 1989 ouster.
When the hulking metal finally came crashing down to a salvo of cheers, Stroessner’s large brass feet stayed planted on the plinth. Residents joke it remains an unwitting symbol of his entrenched presence in
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