Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...morning, Ted thought they all ought to read Machiavelli's The Prince to enlarge their understanding of real political intrigue, a guide to contemporary Washington. If some other, lesser man than Carter were in the White House, thought Ted, we would have had a little army down in Nicaragua by this time, a Machiavellian notion...
Whatever Sandino's dreams, the question now was whether Nicaragua's revolution would give birth to a mildly leftist but democratic society or a militant Marxist state. The five-member junta that rules the country has so far followed a middle-of-the-road course, promising elections, an economy based on a mixture of private and government enterprise, and an independent stance in foreign affairs. Although the junta remains united, there have been foreshadowings of an eventual breakdown in the alliance of radicals and moderates who combined to topple Somoza. Asked if he supported the junta...
...Sure I've got enough to live on," conceded Tacho Somoza, as he fled Nicaragua for his $1 million home-in-exile in Miami Beach. By his own reckoning, the ex-dictator's uncertain future would be cushioned by about $20 million (out of his $100 million fortune) that he had managed to stash outside the country. To American experts who have studied Somoza's corrupt regime, both estimates, however, appeared surprisingly low. Most valuations of the dynasty's holdings were between $500 million and $1 billion; they included Nicaragua's national air line, Lanica...
...founder of the Somoza dynasty. Instead, with several priests, academics and businessmen, he founded the Group of Twelve, which sought to link the Sandinistas with less radical elements in the opposition to Tacho's government. Last year, for the first time in 14 years, he returned to Nicaragua as a political representative of the Terceristas, one of three rival factions within the Sandinista movement. When the U.S. failed to persuade Somoza to make even modest reforms following last fall's aborted uprising, Ramírez left the country in disgust. For several months he journeyed to South American...
...real question is whether he has the ability to mediate successfully between radical and conservative views in an untested coalition government whose main bond of unity is opposition to Somoza. "Sergio has all the qualities necessary to be very strong," says an associate. If that judgment is correct, Nicaragua may still be able to avoid the factionalism and violence that have marred so many revolutions...