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The Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrew the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The US had appointed his father as head of the newly established Nicaragua National Guard in 1933, which had been established by US Marines as they withdrew from Nicaragua after 7 year of occupation. The Somoza family quickly took over the country, representing the wealthy Nicaraguan elite and US interests for most of its corrupt 46-year reign, and violently squashing any political resistance by murdering thousands of citizens. Many members of the family were educated and received military training in the US and regularly assisted the US with imperialist political and military ventures in the region.