Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...field of histochemistry, dealing with specific chemical activities in cells, Wislocki made numerous trips into the interior of Nicaragua to collect various species of monkeys for his experiments...
...died, as Nicaragua's Ambassador to the U.S. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa curtly put it, "of four bullets." A man of great personal charm, Somoza was also a no-nonsense dictator with many enemies; he was well aware of the danger of assassination, and usually went about well guarded. But in mixing with the people at a political rally and dance in the town of Leon, Tacho provided the fatal opportunity for a young Nicaraguan who was in appearance an innocent dancer but at heart an assassin bent on what he conceived to be glorious tyrannicide and a martyr...
Brother Act. The rule of Nicaragua fell on Tacho's sons even before their father's death. Plump, self-effacing Luis, 34, who by grace of a push from his father was First Designate (Vice President), took on Tacho's executive duties and-after Tacho died-the blue-and-white sash of office. West Point-educated Anastasio Jr. ("Tachito"), 32, commander of the 4,100-man Guardia National, jailed something like 3,000 suspected enemies of the regime, personally tested many of them with a newly imported lie detector,*soon freed all but 300. He unearthed...
King of the Hill. Tacho Somoza ruled Nicaragua for 22 years by king-of-the-hill toughness. "I'll give this country peace if I have to shoot every other man in Nicaragua to get it," he announced just after the U.S. Marines, ending their occupation in 1933, turned over the command of the Guardia to him. The Guardia shot scores -and brought peace. Meanwhile, by "buying from heirs" Somoza acquired coffee fincas and cattle ranches, parlayed them into a fortune estimated at $60 million-some $20 million more than Nicaragua's annual budget. He reputedly owned...
...Tacho's sons can somehow reproduce his rare blend of ruthlessness and charm, Nicaragua may see another era of tomblike peace. If not, the country is probably in for a tumultuous power scramble...