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...massacre at Varilla two months ago was not unique, according to a pastoral letter by Nicaragua's Roman Catholic bishops. The letter, which has not been published because of government censorship, was read from pulpits in January. It accuses President Anastasio ("Tachito") Somoza Debayle's National Guard of subjecting innocent peasants to "inhuman" abuse "ranging from torture and rape to summary execution" during the government's two-year drive against leftist guerrillas. The bishops buttressed their charges with testimony from rural missionaries-who claim that dead and kidnaped campesinos number in the hundreds...
...Somoza is so nervous." Should the Administration choose to act, it has substantial leverage. Nicaragua's National Guard relies on U.S. weapons and is scheduled to receive $2.5 million in military sales credits in fiscal 1977. Loss of that aid is something that the American-trained Tachito Somoza (West Point, '46) would surely like to avoid...
...country, Nicaragua has lived in reasonable contentment under the strong but benevolent and relatively progressive rule of the Somozas-first Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza Garcia, an adventurer who was cut down by an assassin in 1956, then his son Luis (who died in 1967) and now Luis' brother Tachito...
...Tachito is one of the richest men in Central America. He has extensive holdings in, among other things, cotton, coffee, shipping, fishing, Nicaragua's Lanica airlines and neighboring Costa Rica, where he is the largest foreign landowner. He is a regular contributor to American political campaigns; this year his cattle ranches will export 25 million lbs. of meat to the U.S. Before the quake hit, Tachito was hoping to spend the next two years or so on his country's political sidelines. Because Nicaragua's constitution bars him from immediately succeeding himself to a second five-year...
Managua's tragedy has forced Tachito to re-emerge far ahead of schedule. As boss of the 5,000-man national guard, which is running the country under martial law, he is fully visible. Once again, he has become the target of rival politicians, restive students and even some businessmen who resent his one-man rule. "He has everything now," complains Javier Zavala, editor of a pro-Conservative paper. To a large extent, Somoza's future now depends on how he deals with the problems of reconstructing the city...