MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Somoza Debayle, Luis, 1922-1967
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1959
Volume: 1 item(s); 1 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Merton pleads with Somoza for the release of the Catholic youth who protested in Nicaragua and were imprisoned by the government.
Biography
Luis Somoza Debayle was President of Nicaragua from 1956-1963. The eldest son of the former dictator, Anastasio Somoza Garcia, he was a nationalist and a supporter of some liberal social reforms. At the same time, he was anti-communist and supported the United States in their Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba. Somoza resided in the capital of Managua, Nicaragua.
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See also a mention of Merton's letter to Somoza in The Courage for Truth, p. 185.
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