The Role Of Filibusters In Nicaragua
The United States has a long history with intervening, occupying, and invading. In the mid to late 1800s a common thing to do was something called filibustering. Filibusters were private enterprises where United States citizens launched privately funded military expeditions to invade the western hemisphere, civilize the people, make a profit, and calm political unrest. These expeditions violated the peace acts in place at the time. One of the most famous filibusters was conducted in Nicaragua by William Walker. Walker was given money from a transportation company to settle unrest and secure Nicaragua for successful business. Walker became a powerful military leader after the successful invasion of Nicaragua and after a failed assassination
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Sometimes referred to as the dirty little war, the Sandino Affair describes the happenings of the guerrilla warfare scuffle that took place between the United States Marine Corps and Nicaraguans. It was a rebellion against the military occupation of Nicaragua in the early 1900s led by Augusto Cesar Sandino who was considered a national hero by many Nicaraguans and a bandit by the United States government. Because the US soldiers had trained to fight in Europe they were highly unequipped to challenge the Nicaraguan natives in a mountainous jungle terrain. US war tactics were practically useless and yet they persevered winning a few battles here and there. Sandino and his men adapted well to the jungle, having grown up there and trained there. His men were persistent, sneaky, and adaptable. Though they were losing the war, the Sandinistas did not want their enemy to know how many men they were losing; they began hiding the bodies and bringing the corpses with them to throw the U.S. Marine’s out of the loop. The US ultimately retracted their troops due to the Great Depression in 1933 and Sacasa is elected president. Sandino complied with the newly elected president and Sandino and his men were rounded up and executed. The people of Nicaragua now see Sandino as a Robin Hood like character; liberating the people from what he saw as unjust
Sometimes referred to as the dirty little war, the Sandino Affair describes the happenings of the guerrilla warfare scuffle that took place between the United States Marine Corps and Nicaraguans. It was a rebellion against the military occupation of Nicaragua in the early 1900s led by Augusto Cesar Sandino who was considered a national hero by many Nicaraguans and a bandit by the United States government. Because the US soldiers had trained to fight in Europe they were highly unequipped to challenge the Nicaraguan natives in a mountainous jungle terrain. US war tactics were practically useless and yet they persevered winning a few battles here and there. Sandino and his men adapted well to the jungle, having grown up there and trained there. His men were persistent, sneaky, and adaptable. Though they were losing the war, the Sandinistas did not want their enemy to know how many men they were losing; they began hiding the bodies and bringing the corpses with them to throw the U.S. Marine’s out of the loop. The US ultimately retracted their troops due to the Great Depression in 1933 and Sacasa is elected president. Sandino complied with the newly elected president and Sandino and his men were rounded up and executed. The people of Nicaragua now see Sandino as a Robin Hood like character; liberating the people from what he saw as unjust