Hope Portocarrero

Hope Portocarrero Somoza Baldocchi ( born June 28, 1929 in Tampa, Florida; † 5 October 1991 in Miami, United States) was the wife of Anastasio Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and from 1974 to 1979. Her husband was the penultimate member of the Somoza family, who held the presidency since 1934.

Life

She was the daughter of Nestor Portocarrero Debayle de Portocarrero Gross and Blanca and one of the wealthiest families in Nicaragua. In her pedigree there were Spanish, French and German ancestors.

She had grown up in the United States, spoke fluent Spanish, English, Italian and French and graduated interested in art, the Barnard College in New York City from.

On December 10, 1950, she married Anastasio Somoza Debayle, the second son of the then president of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza García and Supreme Commander of the National Guard. The wedding was celebrated in the Cathedral of Managua with over 4,000 invited guests under the direction of the Archbishop of Managua, Jose Antonio Lezcano. With Anastasio Somoza Debayle they had five children Anastasio, Julio, Carolina, Carla, and Roberto.

When her husband was elected by the early death of his brother Luis Somoza Debayle of Nicaragua to the President, she became the First Lady of Nicaragua and then became a style icon of the country. During this time she took on her husband's side various diplomatic assignments, such as, inter alia, the visit of Richard Nixon or the Tenno Hirohito. They also took in the Junta Nacional de Asistencia y Prevision Social ( Community for national social security ) the presidency. Under their leadership the Nicaraguan National Theater, the National Conservatory of Music, the culture chamber, the General Archives of the National Library, the National Museum, a children's hospital, the Women's Hospital of Managua and the orphanage " The Hope " was built.

At the end of the 70s, the spouses and Hope alienated moved to London, where she married after the assassination Anastasios Archie Baldocchi, who was a wealthy Salvadorans.

She died in 1991 in Miami with cancer.

• Spouse of a head of state or government
• Nicaraguan
• Born in 1929
• Died in 1991
• Woman