Pablo Rener Explained

Pablo Rener Valle is a Nicaraguan politician and an ardent Somoza supporter and treasurer of the Nationalist Liberal Party,^{[1] [2]} and the last President of the Senate of Nicaragua in July 1979.^[3]

Rener is of German origin.^[4] He was President of the Senate of National Congress of Nicaragua from 1959 to 1960, from 1966 to 1967, and from 1972 until July 1979, when Somoza was toppled in the Nicaraguan Revolution.

In July 1979, Somoza was allegedly ready to resign in favor of Rener, who at that time was the President of the Senate.^[5] However, Rener fled alongside Somoza to Florida, United States.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ballard . Patricia L. . From Banana Republic to Cattle Republic: Agrarian Roots of the Crisis in Honduras . University of Wisconsin--Madison . en . 1987.
2. Web site: ISLA June 1979 . Information Services on Latin America . en . June 1979.
3. Web site: Foreign Relations of the United States 1977–1980; Volume XV; Central America, 1977–1980 - Office of the Historian . history.state.gov.
4. Web site: von Houwald . Götz . Los alemanes en Nicaragua .
5. Web site: Times . Alan Riding 'special to The New York . Reporter's Notebook: Soinoza Fights On as Aides Worry . The New York Times . 28 June 1979.
6. Web site: Pezzullo . Lawrence . Pezzullo . Ralph . At the Fall of Somoza . University of Pittsburgh Press . en . 1993.