On July 17, 1979, President Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigned and fled into exile (in Miami, Florida).

Anastazio Somoza Debayle leaves office

Somoza talks to the press after fleeing to safety

The government of Nicaragua was taken over by a Sandinista National Liberation Front junta composed of (from left to right at right), Sergio Ramirez, Daniel Ortega, Violeta Chamorro, Alfonso Robelo, and Moises Hassan.

Sandinista junta

SEE ALSO
In the Year 1979

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