Luis Somoza Debayle
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Somoza Debayle was born in León on 18 November 1922. In 1936 at the age of 14, he and his younger brother Anastasio attended Saint Leo College Prep near Tampa, before transferring to La Salle Military Academy on Long Island. Luis was then educated at Louisiana State University, where he was a member of Fi Sigma Alfa Hispanic fraternity. He married Costa Rican Isabel Urcuyo on 9 June 1947, and they had seven children together.
Following the assassination of his father, Anastasio Somoza García, Luis was tapped as acting president, and was elected president in his own right the following year. His rule was somewhat milder than that of his father. However, civil liberties remained restricted, and corruption remained widespread.
His brother, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, headed the National Guard and was the second most powerful man in the country during his older brother's rule. Although Luis declined to run for reelection in 1963, he and Anastasio saw to it that the presidency was held from 1963 onward by politicians loyal to the Somozas. As a result, Luis remained the ''de facto'' leader of Nicaragua until his death in 1967, when he suffered a massive heart attack in Managua at the age of 44.
Luis Somoza was the president of the lower chamber of National Congress of Nicaragua from 1950 to 1953, and 1954 to 1956, and the president of the Senate from 1965 to 1966.
Under Luis Somoza's regime, Nicaragua played a key role leading to the creation of the Central American Common Market, with the Alliance for Progress backing that common market's creation. During the Bay of Pigs Invasion, he allowed the CIA-trained Cuban rebels to embark from Puerto Cabezas, on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. The Sandinistas began their struggle against the government in 1961 – a struggle that would oust his brother in 1979. Provided by Wikipedia
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7by Somoza, Luis, Martínez-Frías, J., Smellie, J. L., Rey, Jorge, Maestro González, AdolfoGet access
Published in Marine Geology (2004)
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8by Maestro González, Adolfo, Somoza, Luis, Rey, Jorge, Martínez-Frías, J., López Martínez, JerónimoGet access
Published in Journal of South American Earth Sciences (2007)
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9by Somoza, Luis, León, Ricardo, Medialdea, Teresa, Pérez, Lara F., González, Francisco J., Maldonado, AndrésGet access
Published in Global and Planetary Change (2014)
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10by Marino, Egidio, González Sanz, Francisco Javier, Somoza, Luis, Lunar, Rosario, Vázquez, J. T., Reyes, Jesús, Bellido, EvaGet access
Published in Ore Geology Reviews (2017)
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11by Roque, Cristina, Hernándes-Molina, Javier, Madureira, Pedro, Quartau, Rui, Magalhães, Vitor, Brito, Pedro, Vásquez, Tomás, Somoza, LuísGet access
Published in Marine Geology (2022)
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12by Galindo-Zaldı́var, Jesús, Jabaloy, Antonio, Maldonado, Andrés, Martı́nez-Martı́nez, José Miguel, Sanz de Galdeano, Carlos, Somoza, Luis, Surinach, EmmaGet access
Published in Tectonophysics (2000)
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13by Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús, Jabaloy, Antonio, Maldonado, Andrés, Martínez-Martínez, José Miguel, Sanz de Galdeano, Carlos, Somoza, Luis, Suriñach, EmmaGet access
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14by Pedrera, Antonio, Ruiz-Constán, Ana, Heredia, Nemesio, Galindo-Zaldívar, Jesús, Bohoyo, Fernando, Marín-Lechado, Carlos, Ruano, Patricia, Somoza, LuisGet access
Published in Antarctic Science (2011)
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16by Pedrera Parias, Antonio, Ruiz Constán, Ana, Heredia, N., Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús, Bohoyo, Fernando, Marín Lechado, Carlos, Ruano, Patricia, Somoza, LuisGet access
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17by González Sanz, Francisco Javier, Somoza, Luis, Maldonado, Andrés, Lunar Hernández, Rosario, Martínez Frías, Jesús, Martín-Rubí, Juan Antonio, Castillo Carrión, MercedesGet access
Published 2010
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18by Maldonado, Andrés, Barnolas, Antonio, Bohoyo, Fernando, Galindo-Zaldı́var, Jesús, Hernández-Molina, Javier, Lobo, Francisco, Rodrı́guez-Fernández, José, Somoza, Luis, Tomás Vázquez, JuánGet access
Published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2004)
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19by Somoza, Luis, Ercilla, Gemma, Urgorri, V., León Buendía, Ricardo F., Medialdea Cela, Teresa, Paredes, Manuel, González Sanz, Francisco Javier, Nombela, Miguel ÁngelGet access
Published in Marine Geology (2014)
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