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The Palace that Somoza Could Not Defend

Summary by Radio Nicaragua
At noon on August 22, 1978, the National Congress was meeting in the National Palace in Managua, while the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle maintained the country under the control of a National Guard that much of the population saw as invincible. That day, 25 young guerrillas from the Sandinista National Liberation Front arrived at the palace as part of the Rigoberto López Pérez Command, led by Edén Pastora, Commander Zero. They wore un…
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At noon on August 22, 1978, the National Congress was meeting in the National Palace in Managua, while the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle maintained the country under the control of a National Guard that much of the population saw as invincible. That day, 25 young guerrillas from the Sandinista National Liberation Front arrived at the palace as part of the Rigoberto López Pérez Command, led by Edén Pastora, Commander Zero. They wore un…

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Radio Nicaragua broke the news on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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