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Paraguay once had a crazy dictator who banned intra-racial marriage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gaspar_Rodr%C3%ADgue...
blathering sex offender macaca
  04/24/18
How could he officiate weddings with that assassin protocol?
big carnelian brethren
  04/24/18
there's a great book about him called Yo El Supremo. It's ar...
Razzmatazz step-uncle's house
  04/24/18
Wouldn't be surprised if it's the Paraguayan novel of all ti...
Ruddy den
  04/24/18
Paraguay has produced at least one great novelist: Roa Basto...
Razzmatazz step-uncle's house
  04/24/18
rate me as a roa bastos novel
bearded keepsake machete
  04/24/18
Francia has long been one of my faves Paraguay in general...
Very tactful market
  04/24/18
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Date: April 24th, 2018 9:10 PM
Author: blathering sex offender macaca

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gaspar_Rodr%C3%ADguez_de_Francia

Dr. José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco (January 6, 1766 – September 20, 1840) was a Paraguayan lawyer and politician, and the first dictator (1814–1840) of Paraguay following its independence from the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. His official title was "Supreme and Perpetual Dictator of Paraguay", but he was popularly known as El Supremo.

In March 1814, Francia banned Spaniards from marrying each other; they had to wed Indians, blacks, or mulattoes.[1]:39

Francia aimed to found a society on the principles of Rousseau's Social Contract,[5] and was also inspired by Robespierre and Napoleon. To create such a utopia, he imposed a ruthless isolation upon Paraguay, interdicting all external trade, while at the same time he fostered national industries.

He became known as a caudillo who ruled through ruthless suppression and random terror.[6]

Francia had a very liberal view of sexuality. He made marriage subject to high taxation and restrictions, and insisted he personally officiate over all weddings. Francia kept a ledger of all the women he slept with, and despite having no close relationships he sired seven illegitimate children, the oldest being Ubalda García de Cañete. When he caught her prostituting herself outside his palace, he declared prostitution an honourable profession and that all whores should wear golden hair combs. They thus became known as "peinetas de oro" (gold combs) in order to humiliate Spanish ladies, as it was a Spanish fashion.

Francia took several precautions against assassination. He would lock the Palace doors himself, unroll the cigars his sister made to ensure there was no poison, prepare his own yerba mate, and sleep with a pistol under his pillow. Even so, a maid tried to poison him with a piece of cake.[16] No one could come within six paces of him, or even bear a cane near him. Whenever he would go out riding, he had all bushes and trees along the route uprooted so that assassins could not hide; all shutters had to be closed, and pedestrians had to prostrate before him as he passed.

Francia lived a spartan lifestyle, and apart from some books and furniture, his only possessions were a tobacco case and a pewter confectionery box.[19] Francia left the state treasury with at least twice as much money in it as when he took office, including 36,500 pesos of his unspent salary, the equivalent of several years' pay.

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Date: April 24th, 2018 9:16 PM
Author: big carnelian brethren

How could he officiate weddings with that assassin protocol?

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Date: April 24th, 2018 9:17 PM
Author: Razzmatazz step-uncle's house

there's a great book about him called Yo El Supremo. It's arguably the greatest Paraguayan novel of all time.

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Date: April 24th, 2018 9:23 PM
Author: Ruddy den

Wouldn't be surprised if it's the Paraguayan novel of all time.

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Date: April 24th, 2018 9:55 PM
Author: Razzmatazz step-uncle's house

Paraguay has produced at least one great novelist: Roa Bastos has written 5 novels himself

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Roa_Bastos

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Date: April 24th, 2018 10:04 PM
Author: bearded keepsake machete

rate me as a roa bastos novel

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Date: April 24th, 2018 10:05 PM
Author: Very tactful market

Francia has long been one of my faves

Paraguay in general is a weird, weird country

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Date: April 24th, 2018 10:09 PM
Author: Know-it-all really tough guy bbw

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