Somoza family family
also: Samosa's family, The Samosas, Somoza dictatorship, Somoza, Somoza's family, Samosas family
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Claims (5)
Somoza family headed
Nicaragua book_quoted
“As his enemy amassed in the hills and suburbs of his doomed capital, the dictator huddled in his mountainside bunker with his aides and his American advisors and cursed his rotten luck. For 46 years, Andasio Samosa's family had ruled the Re…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance by Gary Webb Part 2 @ 0:58
Somoza family funded
Marvin Nathan host_asserted
“Crazy. Yeah. The purchase of the ranch by the Samosas occurred about the time the Sandinistas were stepping up the pressure on Samosa. Seeing the writing on the wall, the wealthy Nicaraguans began moving their money to the U.S. with the hel…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Mafia CIA and George Bush Part 22 @ 1:09:22
Oscar Danilo Blandón member_of
Somoza family host_asserted
“contracts from the Nicaraguan government and with the U.S. So again, very important connections. Daniello and Chapita Blanton were plugged into every aspect of the power structure in the Somoza dictatorship. They were benevolent only to loy…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 3 by Gary Webb @ 4:44
United Fruit Company paid
Somoza family host_asserted
“that the workers that were working at that copper mine should be paid more money. The guys in Nicaragua didn't think $87 a year was enough money to live on in the 1970s in Nicaragua. Well, here's a newsflash for you. It wasn't. And United F…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Loose ends and Open Mic @ 1:08:53
Daniel Blanton member_of
Somoza family book_quoted
“Setting a notepad out of his briefcase, I excused myself and went to a payphone. Miraculously, Dawn was at her desk, and I asked her if there was any problem with that. She said, no, I think that's a great idea. I wish you could do all your…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 23 @ 54:56
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▶ 1:08:53
that the workers that were working at that copper mine should be paid more money. The guys in Nicaragua didn't think $87 a year was enough money to live on in the 1970s in Nicaragua. Well, here's a newsflash for you. It wasn't. And United F…
▶ 0:58
As his enemy amassed in the hills and suburbs of his doomed capital, the dictator huddled in his mountainside bunker with his aides and his American advisors and cursed his rotten luck. For 46 years, Andasio Samosa's family had ruled the Re…
▶ 54:56
Setting a notepad out of his briefcase, I excused myself and went to a payphone. Miraculously, Dawn was at her desk, and I asked her if there was any problem with that. She said, no, I think that's a great idea. I wish you could do all your…
▶ 4:44
contracts from the Nicaraguan government and with the U.S. So again, very important connections. Daniello and Chapita Blanton were plugged into every aspect of the power structure in the Somoza dictatorship. They were benevolent only to loy…
▶ 5:12
owned nearly all of the country's biggest corporations, the National Airline, the Power Company, the biggest hotels, the biggest department stores, the cement factory, their version of the New York Times, you name it. It was hard to earn a …
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that the rebels weren't even a real threat. But what Samosa and apparently the CIA didn't realize was that the deal his family had struck with every U.S. administration from FDR, a blood pact to combat quote-unquote communism together, woul…
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The Samosas family consisted of nephews and cousins and purchased the ranch in September 77 from William Stamp Farish III. Who's that? Farish was the grandson of the founder of Exxon. He was also one of George Bush's closest friends and han…
▶ 1:09:22
Crazy. Yeah. The purchase of the ranch by the Samosas occurred about the time the Sandinistas were stepping up the pressure on Samosa. Seeing the writing on the wall, the wealthy Nicaraguans began moving their money to the U.S. with the hel…
▶ 1:33:17
The Nicaraguans that get displaced out of the elite that the CIA has cultivated all get brought here, just like the Somoza family did. And they don't just sit idly by waiting for the CIA to overthrow the Sandinista government. They get invo…