biography
| name: |
Estigarribia, José Félix
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pronunciation:
[esteegareebia]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1888–1940)
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| biography:
| Paraguayan general and war hero, born in Caraguatay, SC Paraguay. He won fame as a brilliant commander in the Chaco War (1932–5), on the strength of which he became president (1939–40). He died in a plane crash near Asunción. |
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