Word: somozaism
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Packing a dictator-size revolver in a belly-gun holster, Nicaragua's slang-slinging Despot Anastasio Somoza struck a benign pose as he proudly surveyed one of his pet projects, Port Somoza, now abuilding on Nicaragua's sultry Pacific coast...
...Somoza is fond of all sorts of artillery, but especially so these days, since he recently announced (for the umpteenth time) that he is the target of an assassination plot engineered by his old neighbor and enemy, Costa Rica's peppery President José Figueres...
...sweltering Nicaragua, Tacho Somoza readied a modest house on his cattle and cotton ranch, which overlooks the Pacific, for Peron. "He will be my house guest," said Tacho. "I might even give him a chance to do some work with a pick and shovel." But there were hints that Tacho, too, hoped that discredited Juan Peron would soon move on again...
...Relations with a minor" is a common, nonpolitical crime that could have subjected the exiled Peron to extradition to Argentina for trial. Moreover, Paraguay, his host, had become increasingly nervous over his presence so near to Argentina. So when old friend Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza, the Nicaraguan dictator, invited him to drop in for a visit, Peron decided to move...
...Tiny El Salvador takes the traveler through rich coffee land on paved roads, and he crosses Honduras' corridor to the Pacific on good gravel. Nicaragua's part of the highway, looping here and there to touch at the various ranches of President Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza, is mostly macadam...