Word: anastasio
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...years, through good times and bad, the contras have been led by only one military commander: Enrique Bermudez, 55, a former colonel in deposed Dictator Anastasio Somoza's National Guard. But peace, or at least the promise of it implicit in the 60-day cease-fire signed by the contras and Sandinistas in March, has triggered a power struggle that threatens not only Bermudez's leadership but also rebel unity. Unless quickly settled, the infighting could prevent further peace talks and leave the Sandinistas in an even stronger military position when the cease-fire expires at the end of this...
...former members of President Anastasio Somoza's National Guard who have been in prison since the Sandinista revolution of July 1979 will be released after a final truce is worked out. Under Somoza, the army was called the National Guard...
...pedal- powered vehicles are reappearing, along with kerosene lamps, candles and firewood stoves. At the same time, many of the basic trappings of 20th century life, such as electricity, gasoline, running water and postal services, are declining or vanishing. Since 1979, when the Marxist-oriented Sandinista regime ousted Dictator Anastasio Somoza, much of the country's economic and industrial infrastructure has fallen into ruin. Under Sandinista rule, Nicaragua's foreign debt has risen from $1.6 billion to $7 billion, while real wages have fallen by 90%. Inflation is estimated at 1,800% for 1987, and some economists believe it could...
Monimbo, an Indian quarter in the city of Masaya, has a special place in Sandinista mythology. It was there in 1978 that residents launched the first urban insurrection against President Anastasio Somoza, sparking the revolution that toppled the dictator and put the Sandinistas in power. Ever since, official speeches have resounded with accolades to "heroic Monimbo." Last week Monimbo was up in arms again, only this time the target was the Sandinista regime...
...pilot, 38-year-old Floyd Carlton, also said Noriega personally authorized air shipments of weapons to leftist guerillas in El Salvador and to Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua during the Sandinistas' successful fight to overthrow the government of Anastasio Somoza...