Word: somozaism
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Farewell, Somoza...
Adios, Tacho [July 30]! First it was the Shah who tumbled, then Amin, and now Somoza. Let's give a big cheer for the people of Iran, Uganda and Nicaragua who showed the world how to fight against these so-called fearless leaders, who now must hide for the rest of their lives...
...rebel counterparts in Central America, Nicaragua's new rulers appear too preoccupied by their internal problems to lend much assistance to their cause. They have gone so far as to ask the U.S. to supply them with modern weapons to replace the outmoded arms they used to topple Somoza's regime...
Washington has pledged to give "full and thorough consideration" to that request, even though Managua has lately become a mecca for Marxist mischief makers from around the world. The Sandinistas claim that they need the arms to ward off a possible counterattack by 7,000 national guardsmen that Somoza's legendary combat leader, Commandante Bravo, claims to have standing by in Honduras...
...attack materializes, Somoza is not likely to lead it. At week's end the exiled dictator was reportedly expelled from the Bahamian island of Grand Exuma, his latest port of call on a Caribbean cruise...