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Nicaragua. The personal property of Dictator "Tacho" Somoza, a far more amiable character than his pal Trujillo...
...stories was the Art section's cover on Diego Rivera, the only man ever to paint his own cover portrait on commission from TIME. Some of the other cover stories along the way: Puerto Rico's Governor Muñoz Marín, Nicaragua's Boss Somoza, Mexico's President Alemán, Brazil's President Vargas...
Junketing through Central America last week, Major General Harry Vaughan, President Truman's military aide, stopped off in Managua, where Nicaragua's President Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza tossed a champagne party for him and his cornpanion, White House Physician Dr. Wallace Graham...
Preparing to board his plane for the flight back to Washington, Vaughan was asked what he thought of Strong Man Somoza. "He could just as easily be President of the U.S.," said the general. "After all, he and Harry are just alike. They both like the same things-a friendly poker game, a good story and a stiff drink...
After World War II, which he spent ferrying Allied planes across the Atlantic, Silverthorne completed his education by operating a Nicaraguan airline in partnership with Dictator Tacho Somoza's son Tachito. Two years ago he sold out and, with a DC-3 and two Lockheed Lodestars, moved on to Tegucigalpa to form ANHSA...