Painful Easter (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Painful Easter is the name given by the Paraguayan press to the repression of Alfredo Stroessner's Police to several farmers groups accused of participating in the clandestine movement Political Military Organization (OPM). The persecution reached many regions of the country and destroyed any attempt of building any kind of organization between agriculture workers.In 1972, Alfredo Stroessner was ruling the country for over 22 years. Even though he was periodically elected representing the Colorado Party and maintained the facade of a democracy, Stroessner was an authoritarian dictator that heavily repressed the political opposition and Social Movements. The 70's was characterized for the national economic increase thanks to the construction of the Itaipu dam over the Parana River, in the border with Brazil. Nevertheless it was a time of politic asphyxiation and the fact that in other countries of the region existed many social movements arising led many young Paraguayans to take some radical decisions to offer some resistance to the government.