The **Stroessner Regime** was a military dictatorship, [sponsored by the
US](Timeline_of_US_Imperialism "wikilink") that ruled
[Paraguay](Paraguay "wikilink") from 1954 until it's downfall in 1989.
It was led by the dictator [Alfredo
Stroessner](Alfredo_Stroessner "wikilink").

## Notable Crimes

### Sheltering Nazis

Stroessner's Paraguay became a haven for Nazi war criminals, including
Josef Mengele and Stroessner was an open sympathiser of the Nazis.
Foreign press often referred to his government as the "poor man's Nazi
regime".