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- Nicaragua Before 1960
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Since 1937, Nicaragua had been under the rule of a dictator, Anastasio Somoza García, who came up through the U.S-trained National Guard and overthrew a democratically elected president, Juan Sacasa. Somoza ruled for the next 19 years, primarily by controlling the National Guard and appeasing the U.S. The National Guard was notoriously corrupt, eng...
The Sandinista National Liberation Front, or FSLN, was founded in 1961 by Carlos Fonseca, Silvio Mayorga, and Tomás Borge, three socialists inspired by the success of the Cuban Revolution. The FSLN was named after Augusto César Sandino, who fought against U.S. imperialism in Nicaragua in the 1920s. After he succeeded in ousting American troops in 1...
After the devastating 1972 Managua earthquake, which killed 10,000 people, the Somozas pocketed much of the international aid sent to Nicaragua, provoking widespread dissent among economic elites. FSLN recruitment grew, particularly among young people. Businessmen, resentful of the emergency taxes leveled on them, provided financial support to the ...
In 1978, Ortega's FSLN faction went about attempting to unify the Sandinistas, apparently with guidance from Fidel Castro. The guerilla fighters numbered around 5,000. In August, 25 Sandinistas disguised as National Guardsmen assaulted the National Palace and took the entire Nicaraguan Congress hostage. They demanded money and the release of all FS...
On July 17, Somoza departed for the U.S. The Nicaraguan Congress quickly elected a Somoza ally, Francisco Urcuyo, but when he announced his intention to stay in office until the end of Somoza's term (1981) and to obstruct cease-fire operations, he was forced out the next day. The National Guard collapsed and many fled into exile to Guatemala, Hondu...
In order to maintain influence, Carter met with the provisional government at the White House in September 1979, and asked Congress for additional aid to Nicaragua. According to the U.S. Office of the Historian, "The act required reports every six months from the Secretary of State on the status of human rights in Nicaragua and stipulated that the ...
While the Sandinista Revolution succeeded in bettering the quality of life for Nicaraguans, the FSLN was in power only a little more than a decade, not enough time to truly transform society. Defending itself against the CIA-backed Contra aggression siphoned off needed resources that would have otherwise been spent on social programs. Thus, the Nic...
Office of the Historian (U.S. Department of State). "Central America, 1977 to 1980." https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/central-america-carter, accessed 3 December, 2019.Walker, Thomas and Christine Wade. Nicaragua: Emerging from the Shadow of the Eagle, 6th ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2017.- Rebecca Bodenheimer
Aug 22, 1978 · On August 22, 1978, Sandinista fighters seized Nicaragua’s National Legislature and took hostage hundreds of lawmakers and high-ranking government officials.
May 14, 2024 · This is Under the Shadow Season 1: Central America, Episode 10: “1980s Nicaragua Part 1: Revolution”. [Music] The year is 1978. Dictator Anastasio Somoza, also known as Tacho, is in power.
The Nicaraguan Revolution ( Spanish: Revolución Nicaragüense or Revolución Popular Sandinista) encompassed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, the campaign led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) to oust the dictatorship in 1978–79, the subsequent efforts of the FSLN to govern Nicaragua ...
Oct 31, 2016 · A photo of three men wearing traditional Nicaraguan folk masks and holding homemade contact bombs graced the cover of The New York Times Magazine on July 30, 1978. Alan Riding’s article, with...
