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
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
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
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…Nicaragua for two terms between 1937–1947 and 1950–1956 — was succeeded by his two sons; the eldest, Luis Somoza Debayle from 1956 to 1963, and youngest, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, serving for two presidential terms between 1967–1972 and 1974–1979. Although the Somozas did not hold the presidency for the full 43 years, their…
Somoza Debayle in the United States Military Academy yearbook, 1946
Somoza family mausoleum
Somoza with U.S. President Richard Nixon, 2 June 1971.