The hidden dictator
Aug 14, 2020
2 minutes
ike most dictators, Stroessner was an expert at rigging presidential elections. He won his first two in 1954 and 1958 by being the only candidate. This stamp was issued to celebrate the 1958 victory, and looks forward to ‘five more years’. Later elections did involve rivals, though these usually got less than 10% of the votes. Some
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