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Nationalist Liberal Party Partido Liberal Nacionalista | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PLN |
| President | Anastasio Somoza García (first) Anastasio Somoza Debayle (last) |
| Founder | Anastasio Somoza García |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Dissolved | July 20, 1979 |
| Preceded by | Liberal Party |
| Headquarters | Managua |
| Ideology | Nominal: Liberalism De facto: Authoritarianism National conservatism Personalism Somocismo |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| Colors | Red and Blue |
| Party flag | |
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The Nationalist Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal Nacionalista, PLN) was a political party in Nicaragua.
When Anastasio Somoza García took power in 1936, the party aligned itself with the United States and other caudillos in Latin America, like Rafael Trujillo, Oswaldo López Arellano, and Fulgencio Batista.
From 1936 to 1979, the office of President of Nicaragua was held by members of the Nationalist Liberal Party. When the first phase of the Nicaraguan Revolution was won by the FSLN, the PLN was dissolved by the new government. Many Somoza loyalists later supported or joined Contras rebel groups.
