The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, July 18, 1979-Page 5
FIGHTING SURGES IN NICARAGUA
President Anas
of Sandinista gui
Florida yesterda
Somoza's succes
apparently decid
The successor,
Nicaragua's leg
prepared to fly ou
At first, he was
rebels. Thousand
when the news of
State Departmen
Somoza resigns presidency
national guard officers whom Somoza reli
From AP and UPI new beginning in relations with Nicaragua. to spare them from possible retribution
stasio Somoza bowed to seven weeks DESPITE THE surprising resistance by Somoza's dintstas
errilla rebellion and flew to exile in successor, the four men and one woman appointed as a But the dictator instructed his successo
y. But fresh fighting broke out when provisional government by the Sandinistas were trying over power to the Sandinista-backed junta
sor, a close friend, took charge and to reach Managua yesterday to take over. pected to return to Managua in glory.
ed to cling to power. Somoza, 53, flew to Florida hours after resigning the "I told them ... they, as patriots, had to
Francisco Urcuyo, was elected by Nicaraguan presidency, ending 42 years of his family's peace in the country," Somoza said in at
islature after midnight as Somoza rule in the Central American nation. terview with UPI after he had arrived in M
it of Nicaragua. "I am grateful to the government of the United SANDINISTA SOURCES in San Joses
expected to hand over quickly to the States to allow me to live here in exile," Somoza, whose dinista forces in Nicaragua were alerted
s in rebel-held areas danced all night personal fortune is estimated at $500 million, told a and fight if necessry. They said more than;
Somoza's resignation spread, and the news conference at his Sunset Island estate in Florida. armed guerrillas had infiltrated Managu
it said in Washington it hoped for a FOLLOWING HIM to exile were about 70 top ranking See SOMOZA. Page 10
ieved of duty
by the San-
Ur not to turn
athat had ex-
maintain the
telephone in-
iami.
said all San-
to stand by
2,000 heavily
a during the
DEPOSED NICARAGUAN President Anastasio Somoza went into exile
yesterday morning in Miami Beach, Florida, after resigning from office. He
spoke with the press yesterday, saying he knew his time had come.
The United Nations predicts Mexico
City will be the world's most populous
urban area in the year 2000, with a
popultion of-31 million.
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