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...power struggle continues as Somoza appears intent on keeping Nicaragua in the hands of the family. His 27-year-old son, Major Anastasio Somoza III '73 and Somoza's brother-in-law and ambassador to Washington, Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, are reportedly the designated heirs to the throne. Sources in Nicaragua say that key civilian and military elements within the regime agree with the opposition that such blatant continuation of family rule cannot be allowed...

Author: By Juan Valdez, | Title: Nicaragua: The Legacy of Somoza and Sandino | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

...SHOW BUSINESS). Sitting with her was former Senator Eugene McCarthy, who gallantly kept her engrossed during the jabs at the President. Said one observer: "Without him, she wouldn't have made it." As it was, she gamely held on to the end, until Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa said sympathetically: "Your father still has one friend." Tears began to fill her eyes as she quietly left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: Julie for the Defense | 6/25/1973 | See Source »

...real scoop when she disclosed, almost three weeks later, that the Johnsons had attended a dinner at the Averell Harrimans'-and that every-one had had a fine time. The Johnsons' place cards had been filled in with the names of the Nicaraguan ambassador, Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, and his wife, so that no one would know the President was coming until he arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Silent Treatment | 2/3/1967 | See Source »

...future diplomats would be expected to pay their traffic fines. In the first ten days, 205 cars with DPL plates were ticketed, and 46 fines were actually paid. But by then diplomatic indignation was running so high that the dean of the diplomatic corps, Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, waited on Dean Rusk in person with a protest. Sheepishly the State Department backed up. The police department sent out a directive to be "diplomatic to the diplomats" once again. Only if there was a blatant violation or if the diplomat was not on official business would summonses still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International Law: Unchecked Immunity | 4/3/1964 | See Source »

...some places, they already have been. In 1920, when Guatemalan Dictator Manuel Estrada Cabrera was over thrown, market women joined the mob that lynched several of his Cabinet ministers. In 1954 they staged demonstrations that helped bring down the Communist Arbenz regime. In Nicaragua, one Nicolasa Sacasa leads a strong-armed squad of market women in battles against opponents of the Somoza family. And aspiring politicians, far and wide, pay court to the market woman, hoping that she will pass along a favorable word with the groceries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Americas: Matriarchs of the Market | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

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