Word: moncada
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...fresh troops flown in, had twice attempted to break through the rebel ring only to fail. The government still talked of an "all-out offensive"; the talk lost much of its steam when the Santiago commander bought up every foot of barbed wire in town, spun it around Moncada barracks and along the airport road...
...quiet, bars deserted. All outgoing-plane space had been taken for a week in advance. The Texas Co.. which runs a refinery near Santiago, chartered a plane to get 44 dependents of U.S. employees away in time. As the army pulled back its outposts, the dun walls of Moncada Barracks, six blocks square in the heart of Santiago, bristled with troops. Only twelve miles across Santiago Bay, a 150-man column of rebels was boldly encamped...
Troops from Santiago's Moncada barracks quickly regained control of the deserted streets for the government as the rebels melted away without a stand. Next day they were back, sharpshooting from rooftops. Batista sent planes and 400 more troops, and arrested known opponents of his government by the hundreds...
Dancing Partner. Once Moncada sent him out with $75,000 to pay off people whose property had been damaged by the rampaging campaigns of the famed revolutionary Augusto Sandino. Moncada, hearing that most of the money was going into Tacho's pockets, called him back. "Listen, Tacho," said Moncada, "you are not even a thief; you are a pickpocket. Get out of here." Somoza landed on his feet, became a consul in Costa Rica. Soon he was back in Managua, as Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs...
After the Marines left, Sandino came down from the mountains to make peace with Moncada's successor, President Juan Bautista Sacasa. Sacasa, worried about Tacho's growing power, decided to cultivate Sandino as a counterforce. On the night of Feb. 21, 1934, he asked him to dinner in the presidential palace overlooking Managua. Somoza spent the evening at a party in the Guardia's barracks...