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A member of this family who wrote to his rival, “I am waiting, with a clear conscience… for the blow you are to deliver,” had earlier denounced the owner of the blood plasma exporter Plasma·feresis, Pedro Ramos, in his newspaper. Carlos Andrés Pérez was tried for embezzling money to hire bodyguards for a president from this family who was elected as part of the 14-party coalition UNO. A 1978 general strike prompted by the death of a member of this family led to the ouster of a dictator nicknamed “Tachito.” (-5[1])A general (-5[1])from this family signed a 1914 treaty with William Jennings Bryan (10[1])that granted rights to a never-built canal. (10[1]-5[1])Members (10[1]-5[1])of this family have included a dissident (-5[1])editor of La Prensa (-5[4])and his (-5[1])wife, (10[1])who won a surprise electoral victory (-5[1])in 1990 (10[1])over Daniel Ortega. (-5[2])For 10 points, name this family of Nicaraguan (-5[1])president Violeta. ■END■ (10[6]0[7])

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