Person

Roberto Suazo Córdova

1927–2018 · 20th century

Roberto Suazo Córdova (1927–2018) was a Honduran country doctor and Liberal Party politician who was president from 1982 to 1986, the first elected under the constitution of 1982 after years of military rule. During his term Honduras became a base for US operations against Sandinista Nicaragua and received large amounts of aid, while real power lay with the armed forces under General Gustavo Álvarez Martínez until 1984.

Roberto Suazo Córdova
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