Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Herbert J. Spinden, penetrating south from Yucatan, found outposts of ancient cultures allied to the Maya, in eastern Honduras, Nicaragua, and as far south as Costa Rica. There are fortified villages, tremendous walls, pottery, statues and stone corn-grinding machines on hilltops, possibly pointing to a curious cult of " corn worship...
...sure the plan is still etherial. Costa Rica, Salvador, and Honduras must give consent and grant rights similar to those bought from Nicaragua under President Wilson, before work can even be started. The suggested plan calls for the use of the Panama tolls, a million and a half dollars a month, to defray the cost of building; and the investment seem valuable particularly as the proposed route would shorten the time required from coast to coast by four or five days...
...Managua, Nicaragua, May 21.-the American Minister received word by wireless today from Rear-Admiral Cole of the United States Navy that he would land tomorrow with 400 marincs. At a conference of rebel leaders held this afternoon it was decided to turn over all the captured property to the government forces, and the revolution has collapsed...
...read, as perfect a justification of the little-known half of the Monroe doctrine, as could be brought out in pages of leagal phrascology; and it is only one among dozens of similar cases happening in out of the way corners of the Western Hemisphere. The insurrection in Nicaragua broke out Sunday when revolutionists served a government fort, commanding the city. The American marines arrived, took over the fort from the rebels without a shot, returned it to its proper garrison, and the disturbance was over, all inside of eight hours...
...owned Panama, in order to protect our interests there. After the failure of the French canal project, the United States undertook the task of the construction of the water route across the continent. As long as there was a possibility that the United States would locate operations in Nicaragua, the Colombian government favored the Panama plan. But after the decision in favor of its present site, the Colombians repudiated their attitude, an act which was followed by the revolution...