Anastasio Somoza Debayle
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Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan politician, military officer, hydraulic engineer, and dictator who served as the 53rd President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and again from 1974 u
Somoza Debayle in the United States Military Academy yearbook, 1946
Somoza family mausoleum
Somoza with U.S. President Richard Nixon, 2 June 1971.
Somoza family
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The Somoza family is a political family which ruled Nicaragua under a dictatorship over a period of 43 years, from 1936 to 1979. Founded by Anastasio Somoza García — who served as the President of Nic
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
…the period when he was not the de jure ruler. 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. After insurgents led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Spanish: Frente…
1956 Press Photo Luis Somoza, acting president of Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza Debayle and his wife Hope Portocarrero at the abrogation of the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty in 1970
Cleaning up damage caused by the 1972 Managua earthquake