Presidential elections were held in
Nicaragua on 15 August 1947.
On 15 August, a Constituent Assembly appointed Dr.
Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes, uncle of General
Somoza’s wife, as provisional president and
Mariano Argüello Vargas, another loyal ‘Somocista,’ as vice-president. Despite the sham election and the new administration’s ‘continuismo’ character,
Somoza believed that the government now had legal status and was worthy of recognition. Immediately after taking office, President
Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes was rebuffed in his efforts to conciliate differences with the opposition. Although both the
Independent Liberals and Conservatives continued their intraparty friction, both remained committed to the restoration of
Leonardo Argüello Barreto as president.[1]
References
^Leonard, Thomas M. The United States and Central America, 1944-1949. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. 1984. Pp. 145-146.
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