What the records say
- When
- 17 Feb 1936
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 25.28° S, 57.63° W
- Description
- 1936 coup d'état that brought to power colonel Rafael Franco
February Revolution (Paraguay)
1936 coup d'état that brought to power colonel Rafael Franco
The February Revolution in Paraguay was a military coup d'état on February 17, 1936, that ousted President Eusebio Ayala and brought to power colonel Rafael Franco. The revolution marked the end of Liberal Party rule in Paraguay and started the ascendancy of military dictatorships that lasted for more than half a century.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в результате военного переворота в Парагвае. свергнут президент Эусебио Айяла, к власти пришёл полковник Рафаэль Франко”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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