Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mexico and Nicaragua...
...That Arévalo. He hates me. I don't know why. Lord, he has troubles of his own in Guatemala-why bother to stick his nose into Nicaragua?" Nicaraguan Dictator Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza, who is proud of his English, paused abruptly and jabbed a fat finger into the stuffed Guatemalan quetzal that hung by his desk. "The quetzal-symbol of liberty or death to the Guatemalans," he snickered. "There are lots of tame ones in the Bronx...
Ready for War. Tacho had a shotgun propped behind his desk. He intended to be prepared on all fronts. Last week his flyers took delivery in Miami of AT6 trainer planes bought by the dictator after the U.S. recognized Nicaragua last May. In the Dominican Republic, the eastern end of the Caribbean dictators' axis, Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's mechanics were busy scraping the Dominican insignia off three P-38s. They were ticketed for Nicaragua, where Tacho had pilots waiting to fly them...
...Costa Rican exiles were so keen on fighting their way home. Wailed ex-President Teodoro Picado, now in Managua on a $300-a-month job as adviser to Nicaragua's Finance Ministry: "I ask only the privilege of returning home in peace. God, all Central America is a madhouse, each man accusing his neighbor...
Guatemala was not on the list, but Debayle was hopeful of ringing in at least a Guatemalan observer. It was Tacho's peace offer. With all Central America rumbling war and rebellion, he hoped his neighbors would take it. "Nicaragua is absolutely planning no aggression," he cried, stroking the green, two-foot tail feathers of his stuffed quetzal...