One other thing, as the author summarizes what happened, he made the observation that president carter was knowingly ushering in communism in america. His administration, while being one of the most corrupt in history and brutal to dissidents, was nevertheless supported by the united states because it was viewed as anticommunist. Anastasio somoza garcia was the longtime president of nicaragua and founder of a dynasty that ruled the country for 50 years. The deaths of somoza, george evans world literature today. He was born to wealth and privilege in an elite family with strong commercial and governing experience. Jis buvo somosu dinastijos, valdziusios nikaragva 44 metus, pradininkas. The nicaraguan dictator and military leader anastasio somoza 18961956 used his position as commander of the national guard to overthrow the government in 1936, and he assumed the presidency in 1937. Anastasio somoza was born on february 1, 1896, in san marcos, nicaragua. Intelligent, tremendously ambitious, and irascible, with a persuasive but sadistic streak, he was the son of a wealthy coffee grower, sent to philadelphia as a young man to live with relatives and complete his education at the pierce school of business administration.
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