Anastasio Somoza Debayle

Anastasio Somoza Debayle (December 5, 1925–September 17, 1980) was the President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and then from 1974 to 1979. As head of the National Guard, he also effectively held power in the intervening years. He was the last member of the Somoza family to be President, after a string of them had held power from 1936.

Further reading

• Nicaragua Betrayed by Anastasio Somoza (as told to Jack Cox)
• Death of Somoza by Claribel Alegria and Darwin J. Flakoll
• Nicaragua Traicionada by Anastasio Somoza (Spanish version of Nicaragua Betrayed)
• At the Fall of Somoza by Lawrence Pezzullo
• Somoza Falling: A Case Study in the Making of US Foreign Policy by Anthony Lake
• Somoza Falling: A Case Study of Washington at Work by Anthony Lake
• Somoza's Last Stand: Testimonies from Nicaragua by Larry Towell
• Dictators Never Die: Nicaragua and the Somoza Dynasty by Eduardo Crawley