Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the U.S. recognized Senor Adolfo Diaz (Conservative) as President of Nicaragua (TIME, Nov. 29) Secretary Kellogg called attention to the fact that Dr. Juan Sacasa (Liberal) was not in Nicaragua. Dr. Sacasa fled from the country of which he was Vice President on the occasion of the coup d'Liberals, "Juan Sacasa, whose term as Vice President does not expire until 1929, has become the true and rightful President of Nicaragua...
...name of a new President was set down last week in the voluminous annals of Nicaragua, crammed for centuries with an almost unexampled record of Spanish tyrants and Latin American usurpers. The new President, Señor Adolfo Diaz, was elected by the Nicaraguan Congress in joint session, an assembly so accustomed to being bullied by armed factions in Nicaragua that its acts must always be regarded with suspicion. Apparently President Diaz was elected because he is known to be persona grata to the U. S., which intervened to support him when he was previously elected President...
...Diaz's latest elevation to the Presidency followed the "Peace Conference" between the revolutionaries of Nicaragua and the former Nicaraguan Dictator General Chamorro, which took place aboard the U. S. cruiser Rochester, anchored in Nicaraguan waters (TIME, Oct. 4). Reputedly during the conference, Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer- commanding the Rochester took General Chamorro aside and imparted to him some gruff sailorly home truths. Thereafter General Chamorro, having made up his mind that the U. S. would not recognize him as President, resigned that office, which he had held by force, and Señor Diaz was elected. Instant...
They recalled that Senor Carlos Solorzano was elected President of Nicaragua for the term 1925-29. He resigned under duress last January after General Chamorro seized power. The Vice President elected with Senor Solorzano, Senor Sacasa, was able to escape and has not resigned. Nicaraguan Liberals consider that Senor Sacasa, not Senor Diaz, should be recognized as President...
Significance. Aside from U. S. financial interests in Nicaragua which are considerable, the U. S. holds a perpetual permit to build an inter-ocean canal across the Nicaraguan isthmus which was purchased by the U. S. during the Taft Administration (1913). Throughout the past decade successive U. S. Administrations, of whatever party, have kept a detachment of Marines in Nicaragua until last year, when their withdrawal was followed immediately by the coup d' état of General Chamorro. The Nicaraguan Administrations upheld by the U. S. have apparently been obnoxious to a majority of Nicaraguans, but in upholding...