Pedro Chamorro
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (born September 23, 1924 † January 10, 1978 ) was the editor of La Prensa , the only influential Nicaraguan opposition newspaper under the Somoza dictatorship.
Chamorro was married to Violeta Barrios de Chamorro , who later became President of Nicaragua (1990-1996).
As early as 1959, the bourgeois forces of the conservative party in the guerrillas of Olama and Mollejones under Chamorro's leadership launched an armed attempt to invade the Somoza dictatorship from Costa Rica , but this failed. The company received logistical support from the Costa Rican politician José Figueres Ferrer . He was also from 1975 until his death chairman of the opposition UDEL (Unión Democrática de Liberación, "Democratic Union for Liberation") and was for the US President Jimmy Carter as a possible successor to Anastasio Somoza Debayle .
La Prensa was never banned or closed completely during the Somoza dictatorship, and Chamorro was imprisoned several times for unpleasant reporting. In the course of the Sandinista uprisings, Chamorro was murdered in 1978 , probably on the orders of the dictator's son, Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero . 50,000 Nicaraguans attended his funeral.
literature
- Roger Mendieta Alfaro: Olama y Mollejones , Managua (impresiones CARQUI) 1992.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leo Gabriel: Uprising of Cultures. Conflict region Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua , Hamburg: Hoffmann & Campe, 1987, p. 185.
- ↑ Michael Rediske: Upheaval in Nicaragua. The emergence of the revolution from the collapse of bourgeois rule , Research and Documentation Center Chile - Latin America, Berlin 1984, p. 134.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chamorro, Pedro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chamorro Cardenal, Pedro Joaquín (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nicaraguan journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1924 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1978 |