Word: tachito
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Died. Luis Somoza, 44, President of Nicaragua from 1957 to 1963, elder of Strongman Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza's two sons, who with his brother "Tachito" continued the more or less benevolent dictatorship established by their father in 1937, espousing a policy of diligent economic progress coupled with blunt anti-Communism in foreign affairs; after a heart attack; in Managua...
...cheekiest and boldest of adventurers. Few have been cheekier, few bolder than the Somoza family, which for 31 years has, in one way or another, ruled Nicaragua. Last week, on the eve of an election that promised to install as President a third Somoza, chubby ex-General Anastasio ("Tachito") Somoza Jr., 41, the opposition tried its best to trigger a coup d'etat. The result was riot and death for Nicaraguans and a narrow escape for a handful of foreigners...
...labor code, built Central America's best road and hospital systems and brought the country its first real economic and political stability. When he was assassinated in 1956, his oldest son Luis took over, later putting power in the hands of two successive puppet Presidents. This year Tachito decided to try to take what he practically considered his birthright by running for President himself...
...their potential opponents by creating a system in which they have allowed even their opposition to grow rich on the prosperity-but not to share the power. So strong is the Somoza power and confidence, in fact, that the current Anastasio-who is ready to switch from the diminutive "Tachito" to the more impressive "Tacho" of his father-does not even feel the need to rig the elections, which he could easily do. "I in- tend to win with votes," he says. No one doubts that he will win-with or without the votes...
...heart attack suffered by President René Schick, the quiet, courtly Managua professor who was the hand-picked candidate of Nicaragua's all-powerful Somoza family. Guerrero plans no changes in government policy, is expected only to keep the office until next February's elections, when Anastasio ("Tachito") Somoza intends...