Word: somocista
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Dates: during 1982-1982
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...spite of all its efforts, Washington, ironically enough, may be backing the wrong contras. "They are making the biggest possible mistake," observed a leading opposition figure of the Sandinistas in Managua. "The Nicaraguan people are first anti-Somocista, and only secondly anti-Communist." It is commonly believed that for the contras to succeed, a considerable number of Sandinista soldiers would have to enlist in the cause. One of the few men who could make that happen is Eden Pastora Gómez, 46, a popular hero of the Sandinista revolution who grew disenchanted with the revolution and fled Nicaragua...