Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925-1980) became president of Nicaragua in an election in 1967 which was marred by fraud. His rule was marked by corruption and repression. Opposition to him grew until he w...
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Today is Tuesday, May 1, the 121st day of 2007. There are 244 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You may fire when you are ...
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Daniel
Ortega
of the leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), who had served as
Nicaragua
's president from 1984 to 1990, was on Nov. 5, 2006, again elected to the top post.
Ortega...
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Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Today in history - May 1
