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Somoza Debayle, Anastasio (1925–1980)

Nicaraguan soldier and politician, president 1967–72 and 1974–79. The second son of Anastasio Somoza García, he succeeded his brother Luis Somoza Debayle as president of Nicaragua in 1967, to head an even more oppressive and corrupt regime, characterized by tightened press censorship and rising popular discontent as the economic situation deteriorated. He was removed by Sandinista guerrillas in 1979 and assassinated in Paraguay in 1980.

Trained at the US military academy West Point, he joined the Nicaraguan national guard (which combined military and police power), becoming its commander from 1955.
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7/19/2009 7:46:20 PM Thousands of people have gathered in Managua, the Nicaraguan capital, to mark 30 years since the Sandinista revolution that overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaragua's then authoritarian leader.
Nicaragua marks Sandinista revolt by Aljazeera.net
Ever unpopular, Somoza was shot dead by the poet Rigoberto Lopez Perez in 1956, but his son Anastasio Somoza Debayle soon assumed dictatorial control.
Nicaragua by Reynolds, Louisa / New Internationalist
Anastasio Somoza Debayle was in power in Managua and ordered his soldiers to lock up the international aid that was arriving at the airport in order to keep it for his kleptocratic government.
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