Juan Natalicio González Paredes (8 September 1897 – 6 December 1966) was a Paraguayan politician and poet who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1948 to 30 January 1949.

Having lost his parents, he moved to Asunción, Paraguay's capital, in 1912 to finish his high school studies.

Lydia was famous for her beauty and also for her high intellectual level, having graduated from educational institutions abroad.

Finally, by 1927, the new electoral law passed and was applied for the first time in the legislative elections held in the beginning of that year.

The eleccionista Colorado Party won some seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, forming a minority bloc.

In 1929 Natalicio asked the Chamber of Deputies for permission to leave his post and travel to Europe with his wife.

Significant portions of the army rebelled against the government, but Morínigo was able to maintain power with the help of the Guión Rojo, a paramilitary force of the Colorado Party that Natalicio had himself created in the early 40s and which proved crucial in helping the party maintain control of the state during this period.

Incumbent President Higinio Morínigo, who had been a de facto dictator, threatened a coup d´état to retain power.

One of his famous phrases was: "There will be no red poor"; this led him to give important and politically powerful positions to representatives of all sections of the Colorado Party.

On 29 January 1949 another coup broke out, initiated by Felipe Molas López, Federico Chaves, and defense minister General Raimundo Rolón, who controlled the military forces.