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Death of Somoza

Death of Somoza

Alegría, Claribel
Flakoll, Darwin J.

Paperback

General Latin American History

Publisher Price: $10.50

ISBN13: 9798330291861
Publisher: Gato Negro
Published: Jul 19 2024
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

This first-hand account of the assassination of the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza contains unprecedented, in-depth interviews with the members of the Argentine commando responsible for his death on September 17, 1980.

For multiple reasons, as the authors explain, this book was not published until 1993, thirteen years after the event. Now, 44 years later, Nicaragua's history has come full circle - and this merits reflection if long-lasting peace and justice are to be obtained. The armed action of the Argentine commando in 1980 ended the life of a tyrant, but in Nicaragua, tyranny returned. Ten years of revolution was followed by 28 years of a very fragile democracy. Then, in April 2018, an immense popular uprising against the new dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo met with brutal and bloody repression. Despite this, the Nicaraguan people have opted for a civic and democratic path to change, rather than violent overthrow, as they did in the past.

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