What the records say
- When
- 4 May 1954 – 7 May 1954
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 25.28° S, 57.63° W
- Description
- military overthrow of Federico Chávez
1954 Paraguayan coup d'état
Military overthrow of Federico Chávez
The 1954 Paraguayan coup d'état occurred in May 1954. It was led by Alfredo Stroessner, with the support of Epifanio Méndez Fleitas, and resulted in the overthrow of the government of Federico Chávez. The coup was the culmination of a complex series of political rivalries within the ruling Colorado Party.
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- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Paraguay”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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