Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...United States already has absorbed Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Samana Bay in Santo Domingo Mole, Saint Nicholas in Haiti, Fonseca Bay and Corn Islands in Nicaragua and now, through an alliance with Panama, may acquire the Island of Manzanilla...
Death, clad in an assassin's cloak, sprang last week at Senor Adolfo Diaz whom the U. S. has recognized as President of Nicaragua (TIME. Nov. 29). The President was riding alone in his carriage at 11 p. m. when two men armed with machetes rushed upon it from an alley. Quick-witted, Senor Diaz leaped out of the left-hand door of his carriage as the men wrenched open the right-hand door. A machete hurtled, split the leather of the President's left heel, bit into his flesh. The coachman, faithful, sprang from his box, fell...
...armed feud between President Adolfo Diaz of Nicaragua (recognized by the U. S.) and President Juan Sacasa of Nicaragua (recognized by Mexico) was crucially affected last week when Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer landed U. S. Marines from his flagship the U. S. S. Rochester, near Puerto Cabezas on the (Eastern) Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua...
...Allegedly he inspired the Associated Press to make its widely flayed charge (TIME, Dec. 20) that a "Bolshevist hegemony" is being set up in Nicaragua with Mexican support "between the U. S. and the Panama Canal." The United Press refused to spread this report, which was popped conveniently on the eve of a statement by Secretary Kellogg envisioning a sterner attitude toward Mexico...
Last week Dr. Sacasa was proclaimed President at Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, by his Liberal followers, who tote many a gun. The Mexican Government immediately extended recognition to the Sacasa Administration. President Diaz appealed to the U.S. which has recognized him as President, for support. At Washington President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg preserved a cautious silence. Nicaraguans were inclined to feel that two presidents are a crowd...