Somoza
Americannoun
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That victory ousted dictator Anastasio Somoza and brought Ortega to power at the head of what was then a popular leftist movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
A team led by Melanie Köhler and Veronika Somoza from the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology has presented a new research approach in the journal Nature Food.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
Something interesting: Stephen Colbert has in his possession a pair of pants belonging to the late Nicaraguan dictator, Anastasio Somoza.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
Leftist guerrilla organizations fought against the dictatorship of the Somoza family, which ruled until the late 1970s.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Somoza was long gone, the contras were nothing but a memory.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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