Adolfo Díaz
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Adolfo Díaz Recinos served as the President of Nicaragua between 9 May 1911 and 1 January 1917 and again between 14 November 1926 and 1 January 1929. Born in Costa Rica to Nicaraguan parents in 1875,
Díaz in 1933
Diaz in 1912
Anastasio Somoza García
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Anastasio Somoza García was the leader of Nicaragua from 1936 until his assassination in 1956. He was officially the 21st President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950
Adolfo Díaz
…tried to restore mining operations for the La Luz Company, until they sold their holdings to the Nevada-based Tonopah Mining Company. In 1936, after Anastasio Somoza García seized power, Díaz took up permanent residency in the United States. He lived in the U.S. for more than a decade, primarily in New York City but also…
Somoza in 1952
Somoza and Sandino in February 1933
Somoza (left) with Argentine President Juan Perón in 1953