- Nicaragua Betrayed
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Nicaragua Betrayed Author(s) Anastasio Somoza (with Jack Cox) Language English Publisher Western Islands Publication date 1980 Media type Hardcover Pages 431 ISBN 0-88279-235-0 OCLC Number 6907476 Dewey Decimal 972.85/052 19 LC Classification F1527 .S6196 Nicaragua Betrayed, published in 1980, is the memoir of former Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza Debayle (as told to Jack Cox), who had been toppled the previous year by the Sandinista insurgency. At the time of the book's publication, Somoza was living in Asunción, Paraguay, as a personal guest of President Alfredo Stroessner.[1]
In the book Somoza gave his account of his administration, his downfall, and what he perceived to be the American betrayal of his country; he was particularly critical of the Carter Administration.[2]
Shortly after the book's publication, Somoza and his chauffeur were assassinated in downtown Asunción by members of the Argentine People's Revolutionary Army.[3]
He is buried in Miami, Florida at Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum.[4]
A Spanish edition of the book, titled Nicaragua Traicionada, was also published.
Notes
- ^ Anastasio Somoza and Jack Cox, Nicaragua Betrayed, p. 405
- ^ Somoza and Cox, p. 397-402
- ^ As recounted in Enrique Gorriarán Merlo's Memorias (ISBN 950-49-1063-7) and Claribel Alegria and Darwin J. Flakoll's Death of Somoza (ISBN 978-1880684269)
- ^ See main article for details.
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