Month: August 1971

Hugo Banzer Suárez inaugurated President of Bolivia

09 Dec 1974, Lima, Peru --- Bolivian dictator and non-constitutional President General Hugo Banzer Suarez attends the 150th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Ayacucho and Declaration of Ayacucho with other South American leaders in Lima. --- Image by © Diego Goldberg/Sygma/Corbis

On August 22, 1971, Hugo Banzer Suárez took power as the President of Bolivia in a military coup.  The politician, military general and dictator was another less than illustrious graduate of the US Defense Department’s School of the Americas.  He was also trained at Fort Hood Armored Cavalry School in Texas and spent time in… Continue reading Hugo Banzer Suárez inaugurated President of Bolivia

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