Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An girgizar kasa a 1972
ya lalata kusan kashi 90% na Managua, wanda ya haifar da babbar lalacewar kayan aikin gari. Maimakon taimakawa wajen sake gina Managua, Somoza ya karkatar da kuɗin agaji. Rashin kula da kuɗin agaji ya kuma sa tauraron Pittsburgh Pirates Roberto Clemente ya tashi zuwa Managua a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 1972, amma ya mutu "a hanya" a cikin hatsarin jirgin sama. Har ma manyan 'yan kasuwa ba su da sha'awar tallafawa Somoza, kamar yadda ya sami ikon mallakar masana'antun da ke da mahimmanci don sake gina al'umma.