Anastasio Somoza Debayle

Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925 - 1980) is a Nicaraguan politician .

President of the Nicaragua between 1967 and 1972, and between 1974 and 1979. As a chief of the National guard, he exerts de facto the capacity during the interim period. It was the last family member Somoza, a dynasty of dictators since 1936. It succeeded his father and his brother.

Biography

Anastasio Somoza Debayle, called Tachito , was born on December 5th, 1925. It is the second wire of Anastasio Somoza García (called Tacho ), president of the Nicaragua since 1936. Being youngest of the Somoza, it was sent in Florida to study and to Long Island. It left graduate the military academy of West Point in 1946. The following year, it was named by his father chief of the National guard, the repressive body and the support of the Régime somozist.

After the assassination of his/her father in 1956, the oldest son, Shine Somoza Debayle, reached the presidency. In 1967, shortly after the death of this last, Anastasio Somoza was elected president. It had to give up its station in 1972, a law prohibiting two consecutive mandates.

In December 1972, a Earthquake devastated the capital of the country, Managua, making more than ten thousand died, and destroying the majority of the city. The martial law was promulgated and Somoza, as a chief of the national guard, became de facto the strong man of the country. It was proven thereafter that the Somoza clan made control on the majority of the international assistance received after the earthquake. Despite everything, Somoza was re-elected president at the time of the elections of 1974, its will to be maintained within a repressive capacity made him lose the support of old supports: the Oligarchy, the the United States and the Catholic church which then started to make be opposed to its capacity.

At the end of the years 1970, defenders groups of the Human rights denounced the violations with the human rights made by its government.

July 5th, 1978, the middle-class antisomozist founds the widened Face of opposition (FAO) and proposes the installation of a provisional government and the behavior of elections.

From September 1978 until its ousting on July 17th, 1979, a Civil war made rage between the face political Sandiniste of release of which seized the main cities of the country and the forces faithful to Somoza and his/her son Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero of which the National guard and the army which used artillery and aviation for tried subdued insurrection.

The assessment is estimated at 40 000 deaths related directly to the conflict.

At the dawn of July 17th 1979, Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and Somoza fled with Miami putting thus fine at the mode somozist. Little time after, Anastacio Somoza Debayle obtained asylum with the Paraguay with the assistance of the dictator Alfredo Stroessner. He was assassinated the September 17th 1980 with Asunción when its car was destroyed by a Lance-roquette in a Attentat asserted by the forces of the revolutionary army of the people, a group of Argentinian activist. Eden Pastora Gomez then Minister of Interior Department of the Sandiniste government asserts the paternity of this attack.

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