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  Anastasio Somoza Debayle Summary
Anastasio Somoza Debayle (December 5, 1925 – September 17, 1980) was officially the forty-fourth and forty-fifth President of Nicaragua from May 1, 1967 to May 1, 1972 and from December 1, 1972 to July 17, 1979.
Anastasio had a large hand on the government during this time and saw to it that the presidency was held by politicians loyal to his family from 1963 to 1967.
Anastasio Somoza Debayle was assassinated in Asunción, Paraguay, at the age of 54, by a commando team led by the Argentinian Enrique Gorriaran Merlo the ex-ERP (Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo) member.
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  Anastasio Somoza Debayle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anastasio Somoza Debayle (December 5, 1925–September 17, 1980) was the President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and then from 1974 to 1979.
Despite this, Somoza was reelected President in the 1974 election, although the Catholic church had begun to speak against his corrupt and brutal regime.
Anastasio Somoza Debayle was assassinated in Asunción, Paraguay, at the age of 54, by a commando team presided by the Argentinian Enrique Gorriaran Merlo.
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 Anastasio Somoza García - Wikipedia
Anastasio Somoza García (1 febbraio 1896 - 29 settembre 1956) fu Presidente del Nicaragua dal 1936 al 1956 iniziando la dinastia dei Somoza che continuò con Luis Somoza Debayle (1922 - 1967) e finì con Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925 - 1980), deposto dalla rivoluzione sandinista nel 1979.
Anastasio Somoza nacque nel 1896 da una famiglia agiata ed entrò nel 1914 nell'esercito, percorrendo una rapida carriera che lo portò ad essere sergente, maresciallo, sottotenente, tenente, maggiore, colonnello e generale nel 1932.
Anastasio Somoza, appena salito al potere, fece alcune riforme con cui si abolivano i partiti, veniva sciolto il parlamento, venivano annullate le elezioni, si dava al capo dello stato la facoltà di scegliere il successore.
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 Anastasio Somoza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anastasio Somoza was the name of two presidents of Nicaragua.
Anastasio Somoza García ruled Nicaragua from 1936 to 1956.
Anastasio Somoza Debayle was the son of Anastasio Somoza García and ruled Nicaragua from 1967 to 1979
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 Anastasio Somoza Debayle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Anastasio Somoza Debayle (December 5, 1925 - September 17, 1980) was the President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and then from 1974 to 1979.
The younger Somoza was initially educated in Florida (at Saint Leo Preparatory College, today known as Saint Leo University) and Long Island before graduating from West Point Military Academy on June 6, 1946.
Somoza was reelected President in the 1974 election, but by then the Catholic church had begun to speak against his policies.
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 Anastasio Somoza García - Wikipedia
Anastasio Somoza García (1896 – 29 september 1956) was President van Nicaragua.
Anastasio Somoza García startte een dynastie van dictators in Nicaragua en bleef aan de macht tussen 1937 en 1956.
Anastasio Somoza García werd op 21 september 1956 neergeschoten door Rigoberto López Pérez in de stad León, en stierf enige dagen later.
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 Anastasio Somoza Debayle killer file
Somoza García's younger son, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, takes over as National Guard director, launching a major reprisal campaign during which political opponents are tortured and imprisoned, the press is censored and civil liberties are suspended.
Somoza Debayle's son, Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero, the former commander of a National Guard unit accused of widespread human rights violations, plans to return to the country from exile in Guatemala.
The Somoza dynasty was corrupt to the core but, especially under the rule of patriarch Anastasio Somoza García, astute enough to maintain widespread community support through the introduction of reforms to the labour market, the voting system and the provision of social services.
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 Anastasio Somoza Debayle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He was the second son of Anastasio Somoza García, who became President of Nicaragua in 1937.
It was later discovered that the Somoza family had embezzled much of the international aid which had been sent to help with the aftermath of the earthquake.
Despite this, Somoza was reelected President in the 1974 election, although the Catholic church had begun to speak against him.
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 Somoza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Somoza was the name of an influential family dictatorship in Nicaragua.
Anastasio Somoza Debayle was educated at the LaSalle Military Academy on Long Island and then went to college at West Point.
President Somoza was president of Nicaragua until he was overthrown by the Sandinistas.
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 Nicaragua.com: The Infamous Somoza Family - - Nicaragua Blog
The Somoza dynasty began on 1 February 1896 with the birth of Anastasio Somoza Garcia.
Somoza Debayle ruled Nicaragua until 1963 and, while he also used his position to secure wealth and land for his family, he was a more subtle and even-tempered ruler than his father.
Anastasio Somoza Debayle ruled from 1974 until 1981 and was as aggressive as his father.
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 Anastasio Somoza Debayle - Wikipedia
Anastasio Somoza war der zweite Sohn von Anastasio Somoza Garcia.
Nach der Ermordung 1956 seines Vaters Anastasio Somoza Garcias, der sich 1937 gegen seinen Onkel Juan Bautista Sacasa zum Präsidenten Nicaraguas geputscht hatte, folgte zunächst der älteste Bruder Anastasio Somozas, Oberst Luís Somoza Debayle als Präsident.
Der Ausnahmezustand wurde ausgerufen und Anastasio Somoza, als Chef der Nationalgarde faktisch Herrscher des Landes, und seine Familie nutzten das Erdbeben, die akute Not und den Wiederaufbau, um sich an Grundstücken zu bereichern und Banken und Bauwirtschaft an sich zu reißen.
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 Anastasio Somoza Debayle - Viquipèdia
Anastasio Somoza Debayle (5 de desembre de 1925 - 17 de setembre de 1980) va ser President de Nicaragua entre 1967 i 1972, i entre 1974 i 1979.
El més jove dels Somoza va ser educat a Florida i Long Island abans d'entrar a l'Acadèmia Militar de West Point, on es va graduar el 1946.
El 1967, després de la mort del seu germà, Anastasio Somoza va ser elegit president per primera vegada.
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 Nicaragua The Somoza Era, 1936-74 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Somoza García built an immense fortune for himself and his family during the 1940s through substantial investments in agricultural exports, especially in coffee and cattle.
Somoza García was succeeded as president by his eldest son Luis Somoza Debayle.
Anastasio Somoza Debayle's intentions to run for another presidential term in 1974 were resisted even within his own PLN.
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 AllRefer.com - Anastasio Somoza Debayle (Nicaragua History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Anastasio Somoza Debayle[AnAstAs´yO sOmO´sA thAbI´lA] Pronunciation Key, 1925–80, president of Nicaragua (1967–72, 1974 : 79).
The younger son of dictator Anastasio Somoza, he was educated in the United States.
Somoza fled Nicaragua on the eve of the revolutionary victory in 1979.
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 Anastasio Somoza Debayle, the last member of the Somoza Dinasty
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, born in León, Nicaragua in1925 and killed in Paraguay in 1980
The younger son of dictator Anastasio Somoza García, he was educated in the United States.
Somoza fled Nicaragua on the eve of the revolutionary victory in 1979.
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 Anastasio Somoza Debayle
The younger son of Anastasio Somoza García (qv), he mirrored his father's career remarkably closely, receiving an education at a string of US universitities before returning to Nicaragua to assume control of the National Guard at age 21.
Somoza family buildings were looted and destroyed and the country was shut down for two weeks by a general strike.
Somoza latterly moved to Paraguay with plans to liveout his retirement; plans that were cut rather short when his car was blown up in Asuncion by left wing Argentine guerillas.
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 Anastasio Somoza Debayle - Wikipedia
Anastasio Somoza Debayle (5 de diciembre de 1925 - 17 de septiembre de 1980) fue Presidente de Nicaragua entre 1967 y 1972, y entre 1974 y 1979.
En 1967, poco después de la muerte de su hermano, Anastasio Somoza fue elegido presidente por primera vez.
A pesar de todo, Somoza fue reelegido Presidente en las elecciones de 1974, su interés en seguir manteniendose en el poder y represión a la población le provocó la perdida de apoyo de los sectores antes aliados como, la oligarquía, Estados Unidos y la Iglesia Católica ya empezaban a estar en su contra.
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 Anastasio Somoza Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
The Nicaraguan dictator and military leader Anastasio Somoza (1896-1956) used his position as commander of the national guard to overthrow the government in 1936, and he assumed the presidency in 1937.
Anastasio Somoza, born in San Marcos on Feb. 1, 1896, to Julia García and Anastasio Somoza, a coffee planter, received primary education in his village.
Somoza died on September 29 in Panama and was buried in Managua.
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 Anastasio Somoza - Search.com
Anastasio Somoza, the son of a wealthy coffee planter, was born in San Marcos, Nicaragua, in 1896.
Anastasio Somoza García, (ruled 1936-1956); Anastasio Somoza Debayle, (ruled 1967-1979).
Anastasio Somoza García (February 1, 1896 September 29, 1956) was officially the thirty-fourth and thirty-ninth President of Nicaragua, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his...
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Anastacio Somoza Debayle (December 5, 1925 - September, 1980) was the President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and then from 1974 to 1979.
He was the second son of Anastasio Somoza Garcia, who became President of Nicaragua in 1937.
Despite this, Debayle was re-elected President in the 1974 election, although the Catholic church had begun to speak against him.
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 Anastasio Somoza García
Somoza en Carazo; la segunda, un listado amplio de otras propiedades en el resto del país; y la última, el índice de títulos de fincas rústicas, urbanas y semi-urbanas, pertenecientes al mandatario y a su esposa, doña Salvadorita Debayle de Somoza.
Somoza García, está acompañado de un equipo de abogados leales, que libraban y registraban todas las propiedades adquiridas al amparo del poder.
Somoza que mandan a publicar en los diarios locales que no se ha importado un solo novillo de Nicaragua, lo que evidencia que la ganadería costarricense es autosostenida.
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 President Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaragua & Sayville history, lora family
Tachito" Somoza was not born cruel, but became evil because of his treatment as a child when in Sayville.
According to human rights officials, Somoza was the cruelest of all dictators of the 20th century.
Writer Melissa Pingree said, "Somoza exceeded his predecessors in power and brute cruelty." According to the "An Account of the Nicaraguan Revolution," by Daniel Raisbeck, "Somoza employed greater cruelty..." and "...not uncommon to find bodies rotting on the side of a country road, or hanging from a tree.
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 SULAIR: Nicaraguan History
In 1967, Anastasio Somoza Debayle became the latest of a series of Somoza family members and associates who had established an authoritarian regime in Nicaragua since 1937.
Somoza and his National Guard (which he led, like many of his predecessors) took advantage of the devastating 1972 earthquake in Managua to loot whatever they could find, diverting quake relief supplies to the military, with plans for later resale.
Somoza thought he had eliminated the Sandinistas by 1970, a guerrilla organization which grew in the early 1960's, taking the name of Sandino, and engaging in armed resistance to the Somoza regime.
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 Encyclopedia: Anastasio-Somoza-Debayle
Luis Somoza Debayle (1922–1967) was the acting president and later dictator and president of Nicaragua 1956–1963 following the 1956 assassination of his father, Anastasio Somoza García.
Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earths surface.
Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero is the son of former Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza Debayle.
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 Anastasio Somoza Garcia
Anastasio Somoza was born on February 1, 1896, in San Marcos, Nicaragua.
When Anastasio was a youth, he was sent to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to live with relatives while attending the Pierce School of Business Administration.
Somoza ruled until 1956, when he was shot to death by an assassin.
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 Nicaragua The End of the Anastasio Somoza Debayle Era - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, ...
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, meanwhile, asserted his intention to stay in power until the end of his presidential term in 1981.
President Somoza had no alternative but to meet most of the rebels' demands, including the release of sixty FSLN guerrillas from prison, media dissemination of an FSLN declaration, a US$500,000 ransom, and safe passage for the hostage takers to Panama and Venezuela.
The Somoza regime was further isolated and discredited when in November the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights published a report charging the National Guard with numerous violations of human rights.
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Anastasio Somoza Debayle (de diciembre el 5 de 1925 - de septiembre el 17 el de an o 80) era el presidente de Nicaragua a partir de 1967 a 1972 y entonces a partir la 1974 a 1979.
Fue descubierto más adelante que la familia de Somoza había desfalcado a mucha de la ayuda internacional que había sido enviada a la ayuda con las consecuencias del terremoto.
A pesar de esto, Somoza era presidente reelegido en la elección 1974, aunque la iglesia católica había comenzado a hablar contra él.
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 americas.org - Somozas Back   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Relatives and associates of former dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle are making inroads into Nicaraguan life and politics after years of trying to recover properties seized after the 1979 Sandinista Revolution.
Somoza Rivas named his party the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN), hearkening to a U.S.-created paramilitary group, the Nicaraguan Democratic Forces, that fought in the 1980s to reverse the revolution.
Quiñones, a PLN leader, announced this March a Managua visit by Anastasio Somoza Portacarrero, a former colonel in the dictatorship’s notorious National Guard and head of its Basic Infantry Training School.
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 Kumm - Global Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In 1979, Anastasio Somoza, dictator of Nicaragua, was finally overthrown.
He was the son, namesake and heir of the first Anastasio Somoza, who in 1934 ordered his henchmen to murder Nicaragua´s popular hero Augusto Sandino, the leader of a successful guerrilla movement against the US occupation of the country.
In 1979, after a short but intense guerrilla war, the Sandinistas managed to oust Somoza, who fled to Paraguay where a few years later he was assassinated by Argentine guerrillas as a good turn to their Nicaraguan comrades.
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