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Somoza May Want Out Amid Crisis in Nicaragua
President Anastasio Somoza called a special congress session as rumors spread he would leave office. The national guard launched a counteroffensive against Sandinista rebels near the Costa Rican border while U S ambassador Pezzullo arrived and was urged to push Somoza to resign. The south saw guerrillas push into Nicaragua from Costa Rica with Penas Blancas under mortar fire and Rivas eyed as a future provisional capital by the Sandinistas.
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Managua
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Anastasio Somoza
Congress
National Guard
U.S
Lawrence Pezzullo
Smen
Intercontinental Hotel
Somoza
Max Kelly
State Department
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Carter
Costa Rica
Penas Blancas
Radio Sandino
Rivas
Sandinista Liberation Front