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- Anastasio Somoza Debayle - Wikipedia
Somoza Debayle succeeded his older brother, Luis Somoza Debayle, in office He was the last member of the Somoza family to be president, ending a dynasty that had been in power since 1937
- Anastasio Somoza Debayle | Nicaraguan Dictator President - Britannica
During his first term as president, Somoza promoted health and education programs and agricultural and industrial modernization, improving the country’s economic position and raising the per capita income by 8 percent
- NICARAGUA: Sudden Death in Asunci - TIME
When news of Somoza’s death reached Managua, Nicaraguans went wild with joy Thousands of people poured into the streets, singing and dancing and setting off fireworks
- Somoza Is Forced Out of Power in Nicaragua - EBSCO
The Somoza regime, which had been in power for over four decades, was characterized by widespread human rights violations and corruption, with Somoza and his associates amassing vast wealth at the expense of the populace
- Nicaragua - The Somoza Era, 1936-74 - Country Studies
Somoza García controlled political power, directly as president or indirectly through carefully chosen puppet presidents, from 1936 until his assassination in 1956
- From the Somozas to the Sandinistas in Nicaragua
The U S media grew increasingly unfavorable in its reporting on the situation in Nicaragua Realizing that the Somoza dictatorship was unsustainable, the Carter administration attempted to force him to leave Nicaragua Somoza refused and sought to maintain his power through the National Guard
- Somoza Debayle, Anastasio (1925–1980) - Encyclopedia. com
Anastasio Somoza Debayle (b 5 December 1925; d 17 September 1980), president and dictator of Nicaragua (1967–1979) "Tachito" Somoza was the younger son of Anastasio Somoza García
- From President to Dictator: Anastasio Somoza Debayles Fall from Grace . . .
Condemnations of the former Nicaraguan ruler as a "dictator" were universal: the New York Times even declared that "there was little admirable and nothing lovable about Anastasio Somoza, the failed caudillo of Nicaragua "
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