Lino Oviedo, together with General Andrés Rodríguez, played an important role in the 1989 Paraguayan coup d'état that deposed Alfredo Stroessner after 35 years in power, and later on, General Oviedo would provide decisive support for the victory of Juan Carlos Wasmosy in the 1993 general election, in which Wasmosy became Paraguay's first civilian president after the fall of Stroessner.