The Fall of General Somoza

Witness History: Archive 2014 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In July 1979 left-wing Sandinista rebels toppled the last member of the Somoza dynasty that had ruled Nicaragua for more than 50 years. Witness speaks to Daisy Zamora, one of the Sandinista revolutionaries who seized power. (Photo: Sandinista rebel fighters. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)