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  1. That is the one! President-dictator of Paraguay he succeeded his father in the post. The family had run Paraguay as kind of their personal property restricting outside contact and controlling the whole economy. his rule was despotic but normal enough until he embroiled his country in what became known as the war of the triple alliance which in the end saw Paraguay fighting all of its neighbours in support of Lopez territorial ambitions. For a country the size of Paraguay however, just under a million people, taking on Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina simultaneously proved a bit much. As the war went on lopezs disastrous leadership became worse and worse as he went steadily crazy, culminating in a paranoiac frenzy in 1868 that led to the execution of several hundred of the remaining leading citizens of Paraguay including most of his surviving relatives plus several hundred foreigners and diplomats just to make sure everyone was unhappy. The war lost he insisted on a protracted guerrilla war rather than surrender ensuring wholesale destruction and death on a massive scale before he was finally killed in 1870 his country as a result lost between 60 and 90 percent of its total population and was almost wiped off the map, only 28000 adult males remaining alive most older Han military age. In some parts of he country the female o male ratio stood at 20:1. for reasons of anti British sentiment and nationalistic historical revisionism he has been cast in Paraguay and Argentina as a liberation hero standing against colonial oppressors, when in reality he is basically one of the most destructive maniacs of all time. He holds a dubious record for leading his nation into the most destructive war proportionally of modern times. thanks to the revisionists though he got a nifty stamp and some statues.
  2. Definitely on the right track with Pinochet. Look in the 19th century and a different south American country and you are there.
  3. Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou and thy impossibly firm and toned butt cheeks...ahh there they are. Would you crack these walnuts for me thanks awfully much.
  4. It is an Australian rules football. The yellow ones are for night football and often for training as we usually train under limited lights at night in winter. The game day ones are red. Definitely 19th century.
  5. I think he fancied himself a lot of things.
  6. Ok a clue: Somewhere in the Americas.
  7. Pretty much on the money. Ok, see how this goes
  8. Oh my God its Eric Bogle! Scottish born, but we claim him really I sang his most memorable song at school "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", one of the best songs about war and futility and false patriotism there has been. He usually performs at Port Fairy down the coast from us at Easter.
  9. That is one tiny photo. Ummmm no idea. Guessing United Kingdom, beyond that, no clue at all
  10. Is that the evil twin of Good Gabriel? To be fair, I'm only evil on days ending in "y" Guessing the photo looks kind of 70's?
  11. Sounds vaguely like Platoon?
  12. No Zombie, you shall not sleep, noone may sleep until this is done
  13. Thats the one Tom
  14. now that one I have to check out. Ok, next one. "Bitches, leave!"
  15. Yes. Really really wrong. Hang your head in shame.
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