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o<strong>the</strong>r countries were victims <strong>of</strong> Stroessner’s regime and<br />

Plan Condor. These archives made it possible to prosecute<br />

repressors and State agents involved in gross human<br />

rights violations. The Archives <strong>of</strong> Terror have also become a<br />

leading source <strong>of</strong> evidence for international human rights<br />

proceedings in courts across <strong>the</strong> world. Documents from<br />

Paraguay have been supplied to lawyers and judges in<br />

Spain, Italy, France, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. Much <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> case built against General Pinochet <strong>of</strong> Chile was made<br />

using <strong>the</strong> archives.<br />

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