ocr: General Stroessner's failing health and grasp of affairs, disputes among the military elite about the succession, and economic discontent, brought General Rodriguez to: power in 1989in a one-night coup.His promise to bring in democracy was fulfilledin 1993in the first free elections in 60 years of: military rule. The PC, Stroessner's old ruling party, still received sutticient support to win both congressional and presidential elections. However, Guillermo Caballero Vargas,a leading businessman representing the PRLA and a chief exponent offree-market ideology, won half of Asuncion's votes, sug ...
