Word: somozaism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MANAGUA, Nic.--The Nicaraguan government claimed yesterday it has quelled a 12-day uprising against President Anatasio Somoza. The Red Cross has estimated that more than 1000 persons have been killed in the fighting...
Opposition sources located outside Nicaraguan borders said yesterday Sandinista National Liberation Front forces would fight again to end 41 years of rule by the Somoza family...
Carlos Tunnerman, a Nicaraguan lawyer in exile in Costa Rica, predicted the Somoza regime would fall before the end of September. Tunnerman reportedly is in line to become a government leader if the Somoza regime falls...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Rebels barricaded streets in Esteli yesterday as government troops attempted to capture what they called the last stronghold of guerillas opposed to President Anastasio Somoza...
...Somoza's 7500-man National Guard controls the Pan-American highway leading into the city. They have attacked rebel positions from the air and appear ready to send in ground forces. Troops have been airlifted to the north of Esteli in an attempt to isolate the guerillas...