HISTORY
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In 1979, the ____, socialists rebels in Nicaragua, toppled the Somoza family, which had ruled Nicaragua since 1936. They then introduced land reform and other socialist measures.
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rebels
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contras
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Cubans
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Sandinistas
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -For their more than four decades in power, the Somoza family accumulated wealth through corporate bribes, industrial monopolies, land grabbing, and foreign aid siphoning. By the 1970s, the family owned around 23 percent of the land in Nicaragua.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1979, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle, ending the Somoza dynasty, and established a revolutionary government in Nicaragua. Following their seizure of power, the Sandinistas ruled the country first as part of a Junta of National Reconstruction.
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