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Anastasio Somoza García (1 February 1896 – 29 September 1956) was the leader of Nicaragua from 1936 until his assassination in 1956.
Anastasio Somoza was a soldier-politician who was dictator of Nicaragua for 20 years. Preferring the use of patronage and bribery to violence, he established a family dynasty in which he was succeeded by his son Luis Somoza Debayle as president (1956–63) and by another son, Anastasio Somoza.
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Jul 28, 2019 · Learn about the life and career of Anastasio Somoza García, who ruled Nicaragua from 1936 to 1956 as a corrupt and brutal dictator. Find out how he rose to power with U.S. support, suppressed his opponents, and faced the Sandinista rebellion.
Learn about the life and legacy of Anastasio Somoza García, who ruled Nicaragua from 1936 to 1956 with the support of the U.S. and the National Guard. Find out how he rose to power, consolidated his control, and was assassinated by a poet.
Somoza family, family that maintained political control of Nicaragua for 44 years. The founder of the dynasty, Anastasio Somoza García (b. Feb. 1, 1896, San Marcos, Nicaragua—d. Sept. 29, 1956, Ancón, Panama Canal Zone [now Panama]), was the son of a wealthy coffee planter and was educated in.
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Walter’s narrative of the Somoza García regime (1936-56) dramatically revises the portrait of the prerevolutionary state that dominated Nicaraguan politics and scholarship during the 1980s. The book’s most fundamental and provocative insight is that Somoza García built a modern state in Nicaragua that was not anomalous and that in many ...
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Jun 6, 2011 · With American backing Somoza ruled Nicaragua as president or through puppets for the next 20 years. He appointed relatives to key positions, controlled elections and the military, drove opponents into exile and modernised the economy, which had been lamentably dependent on bananas.
