Scope and Contents Scrapbook made of newspapers from Asunción, Paraguay, and eleven photocopies from United States-based periodicals. The organization of the articles is chronological and follows the dates of publication from February 3rd to May 6th, 1989. Publications of February 13th and 14th are missing, as well as the publications of February 17th-21st. There are fewer journals from March, April, May, and June, months after the coup, but those later items contain discussions of the political...

Scope and Contents Photocopies from periodicals organized not by date but by progression of the Rodríguez assumption of the Paraguayan Presidency. Most of the photocopies emphasize the end of Alfredo Stroessner’s repressive dictatorship as well as the change to democracy. Most of the articles are written outside Paraguay in Argentina and Brazil. Although they are from foreign countries, the articles stress the relationship between Paraguay and Brazil and reflect the situation of both countries. Brazil gave...

Scope and Contents The photocopies are organized by chronological order, following the dates of publication: Friday February 3rd, Saturday 4th, Sunday 5th, Monday 6th, Tuesday 7th, and Wednesday 8th, 1989. These articles emphasize the position and intentions of Rodríguez since he ordered the military coup. It includes interviews with people involved in the military coup, new Colorado Party candidates, and Domingo Laino, Rodríguez's adversary. Most of the articles come from the Paraguayan press. ...