* Anastasio Somoza García, Nicaraguan dictator ( ruled 1936 – 1956 )

* Anastasio Somoza Debayle ( 1925 – 1980 ), Nicaraguan dictator ( ruled 1967 – 1979 )

* Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero ( born 1951 ), son of Somoza Debayle

* 1925 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua ( d. 1980 )

Born into a working-class family, from an early age Ortega developed a hatred of the ruling President Anastasio Somoza Debayle, who was widely recognized as a dictator, and became involved in the underground movement to oppose Somoza's regime.

His parents, Daniel Ortega and Lidia Saavedra, were opposed to the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle.

During his presidency, Carías cultivated close relations with his fellow Central American dictators, generals Jorge Ubico in Guatemala, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez in El Salvador, and Anastasio Somoza García in Nicaragua.

* 1979 – ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle.

* 1979 – Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.

With U. S. support, Anastasio Somoza García outmaneuvered his political opponents, including Sandino ( who was executed by National Guard officers in February 1934 ), and took over the presidency in 1936.

Luis Somoza Debayle became President ( 29 September 1956 to 1 May 1963 ), and was effectively dictator of the country until his death, but his brother Anastasio Somoza Debayle held great power as head of the National Guard.

The opposition was extremely skeptical of Somoza's promises, and ultimately control of the country passed to Anastasio Somoza Debayle after Luis died of a heart attack in 1967.

President Anastasio Somoza Debayle owned the largest slaughterhouse in Nicaragua, as well as six meat-packing plants in Miami, Florida.

In 1934, Anastasio Somoza García, the head of the National Guard, ordered his forces to capture and murder Sandino.

The victim of countless detentions, torture, and persecution, Laíno was forced into exile in 1982 following the publication of a critical book about ex-Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, who was assassinated in Asunción in 1980.

* 1980 – Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.

The FSLN overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979, ending the Somoza dynasty, and established a revolutionary government in its place.

Sandino was assassinated in 1934 by the Nicaraguan National Guard (), the US-equipped police force of Anastasio Somoza, whose family ruled the country from 1936 until they were overthrown by the Sandinistas in 1979.

President Anastasio Somoza Debayle's National Guard embezzled much of the international aid that flowed into the country to assist in reconstruction, and several parts of downtown Managua were never rebuilt.

The 1983 film Last Plane Out about journalist Jack Cox's experiences in Nicaragua portrayed the Sandanistas as crazed communist psychopaths while making Anastasio Somoza Debayle look like a sympathetic hero.

* September 19 – Under pressure from the Carter Administration, President Anastasio Somoza Debayle lifts the state of siege in Nicaragua.

* September 21 – Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García is assassinated.

* September 29 – Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua ( b. 1896 )

* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.

Anastasio Somoza Debayle, nicknamed " Tachito " ( Spanish: Little Tacho ) by his father, was the third child of Anastasio Somoza García and Salvadora Debayle.

The reception was given by President Anastasio Somoza García in the luxurious and modern Palacio de Comunicaciones.

* Anastasio Somoza García, ( ruled 1936-1956 )

* Anastasio Somoza García ( 1896 – 1956 ; ruled 1937 – 1947, 1950 – 1956 ), the father.

Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza García was shot and mortally wounded in the city on September 21, 1956.

The invasion, backed-up by Nicaragua's leader, Anastasio Somoza García, was condemned by the OAS and the international community.

Anastasio (" Tacho ") Somoza García ( 1 February 1896 – 29 September 1956 ) was officially the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 to 29 September 1956, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his assassination.

Implicated in an invasion of Nicaragua in April 1954 by anti-Somoza exiles linked to the Caribbean Legion, Anastasio Somoza García launched a counter-attack, allowing the exiled former Costa Rica president Rafael Calderón to invade Costa Rica in January 1955.

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In the post-World War II period, internationalist players such as the United States regarded Arevalísmo socialism as Communism, and therefore cause for unease and alarm, which garnered support from neighboring satellite caudillos such as Anastasio Somoza García.

Fortuitously for the CIA, that failed scouting trip coincided with the first US state visit of Anastasio Somoza García, the President of Nicaragua ( 1937 – 47, 1950 – 56 ), who told the Truman Administration ( 1945 – 53 ) of the existence of a small, Guatemalan rebel-group commanded by Col. Castillo Armas.

Sandino was assassinated in 1934 by Gen. Anastasio Somoza García, who went on to seize power in a coup d ' état two years later, establishing a family dynasty that would rule Nicaragua for over 40 years.

From left to right: Jaume Aigudé i Miró ( Esquerra | ERC ), Federica Montseny ( CNT-FAI ), Joan García Oliver ( CNT-FAI ) and Anastasio de Gracia ( Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party | PSOE )

* Anastasio Somoza García ( called Anastasio Somoza Sr. in game )

During his presidency, Carías cultivated close relations with his fellow Central American dictators, generals Jorge Ubico in Guatemala, Maximiliano Hernández in El Salvador, and Anastasio Somoza in Nicaragua.

The CIA took " a close and friendly interest " in the coup as Paz, unlike his predecessor Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, was a keen supporter of Nicaragua's Anastasio Somoza Debayle.