Hugo Banzer
Hugo Banzer Suárez (May 10, 1926 – May 5, 2002) was a Bolivian politician, military general, and dictator. He was the President of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from 1971 to 1978, as a dictator; and then again from 1997 to his resignation in 2001.[1]
Banzer was born in Concepción, Santa Cruz. He studied at the School of the Americas. Banzer died on May 5, 2002 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia from lung cancer, aged 75.
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Hugo Banzer Suárez, presidente de Bolivia
Members of the Military College of La Paz class of 1947 celebrating their golden jubilee. Left to right: General Hernán Terrazas Céspedes, Constitutional President Banzer, Admiral José Vargas, and Major Mario Villavicencio.
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Media related to Hugo Banzer at Wikimedia Commons
- On the crisis of December 1977 Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine (video)