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National independence
Spain was losing control of its colonies in the new world due to a French Invasion. This lead to Spain only trying to hold onto their richer colonies and this created hated towards Spanish born elite. First stage of independence was when the Captaincy General of Guatemala declared independence from Spain.
Fact: The royalists–made up of Mexicans of Spanish descent were ultimately the reason from independence.
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Foreign Intervention
The United states and Britain express interest in Nicaragua in the 1800's. They saw it as a country with strategic importance. The British first came in and expelled all the Nicaraguan.
Origin: This source is a primary source written in 1927 that talks about foreign intervention in Nicaragua.
Fact: Many years later in the 1900's, the U.S. intervene in Nicaragua once again and with a large force stop a revolt that was going to occur. -
Conservative and Liberal Regimes
The conservative party ruled for 36 years which resulted in progress and prosperity. This ended when the liberals who were led by General Jose Santos Zelaya to advantage of the chaos when Sacasa tried to retain power.
Fact: A U.S. agent Lewis Hanke tries to intervene in favor of the conservatives.
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United States Intervention
The U.S. Once again expressed interest in the 1900's because of isolationist sentiment, Zelaya was angry that the U.S. chose panama for the canal and relations between the two countries deteriorated. Civil war broke our however the U.S. sent 400 mercenaries and the president resigned.
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Samoza Era
Somoza held executive power by being directly president as well as having puppet presidents. He was a strong leader taking control using the economy and military.
Origin: This source is a secondary source written by Christopher Minster on a site with biographies of Latin American Leaders.
Fact: Somoza Regime was the worst and most corrupt in history. -
Rise of the FSLN
This organization was founded by Jose Carlos Fonseca Amador. It originally began as a group of marxist. The group struggled to gain members and finally in 1970 they got enough support from students and peasants. In 1975 Somoza and the Nation guard lead a violent campaign against the FSLN
Origin: The source is from wikipedia.com and it is a secondary source.
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Extending his presidency
Despite Somoza term ending in 1971 he changed up the constitution to stay in power until 1972. However, he received a lot of pressure from his party and negotiated a political agreement.
Origin: The source is published on encyclopedia.com in 2004 by the gate group.
Fact: Somoza getting elected to become president was done by fraud and the results were fixed. -
End of the Somoza Debayle Era
United States support for Somoza started to lose ground in 1977. The downfall of this era officially begin in 1978.
Fact: During this era three of the Somozas served as president.
