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Bernardino Soto Estigarribia (born 20 May 1952 in Coronel Oviedo [1] ) is a Paraguayan army general and politician.
Bernardino Soto Estigarribia (born 20 May 1952 in Coronel Oviedo [1] ) is a Paraguayan army general and politician.
Soto entered the military academy in 1972. He followed a long military career which he culminated as General (rank he attained in 2007). Among other positions, he was an instructor at the School of the Americas. [1]
2013 to 2015 he was Defence Minister of Paraguay in the cabinet of President Horacio Cartes. [2] Since 2018 he is once again Defence Minister of Paraguay.
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