The
United
States
occupied
Nicaragua
from 1912-1933 and intervened in the
country several times before that. The
US military interventions in Nicaragua were
designed to prevent the construction of the
Nicaraguan Canal by any nation but the USA.
Nicaragua assumed a
quasi-
protectorate status under the 1916
Chamorro-Bryan Treaty. The occupation
ended as
Augusto César
Sandino, a Nicaraguan
revolutionary, led
guerrilla armies against
US
troops. Furthermore, the onset of the
Great Depression made it costly for the
US government to maintain its
occupation.
The only US journalist who interviewed Sandino during this
occupation was
Carleton Beals of
The Nation.
See also
References
- 1850-1868 http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/8.htm
- 1909-1933 http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/10.htm
- 1927-1934 http://www.sandinorebellion.com/