Word: tacho
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...case, the council's two-way verdict constituted a first-class tactical save for Nicaragua's strong man, "Tacho" Somoza. Tough Tacho, the only Nicaraguan who could have given the go-ahead signal for the Costa Rican adventure, narrowly escaped getting his fingers burned when Costa Rica invoked the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (for hemisphere defense...
...Tacho held back and sulked, mumbling defensively about the Legion. But when the investigators, who had flown around Costa Rica with Junta President José Figueres and President-elect Otilio Ulate, moved on to Nicaragua, Tacho was in his best form. Beaming warmly, he poured out explanations and complaints...
Patient Man. Tacho pictured himself a man of infinite patience. His Guardia Nacional, charged by the Costa Ricans with equipping and backing the invasion, was actually "the keeper of the peace in Central America." (In less sensitive times, Tacho had been known to boast that the crack Guardia could get him to San José in three days...
...investigating committee from the Organization of American States (see above) got a gala welcome in San José and was studying evidence that the attack had been staged with help from Nicaragua. In Managua, "Tacho" Somoza scoffed at the charges, awaited his chance to tell about the illegal activities of the Caribbean Legion sheltered in Costa Rica...
Behind the invasion most experienced observers still saw the face of wily Tacho Somoza. He had decided, they concluded, to do something about the Costa Rican exiles who had been training on Nicaraguan soil for a comeback. By allowing their leader, ex-President Rafael CalderÓn Guardia, to attack, Tacho set up several interesting possibilities. If discontent with the Figueres regime had reached the boiling point, an overnight coup might bring Calderon to power. If the attempt failed, Tacho could rid himself of his embarrassing guests. If the Caribbean Legion intervened to help Figueres, Tacho would have a chance...