Word: somoza
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Even so, not a few Nicaraguans were worried lest this private political fight serve as an excuse for another term of U. S. occupation. Accordingly, a Somoza spokesman last week broadcast the plea: "Let us solve our own problems. Let us shed our own blood." U. S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull replied, to pointed inquiries from Chile and Peru, that the U. S. had no intention of intervening in Nicaragua for the sake of the U. S.'s puny ($13,000,000) investments...
...Sacasa last week ruled only the top of the dead volcano on which stands the Presidential Palace at Managua. In complete control of the rest of Nicaragua was the National Guard, created and trained by U. S. Marines during the seven-year U. S. occupation, and its General Anastasio Somoza, who had deployed his men around the base of the volcano. No murmur of protest at these activities rose from the Nicaraguan populace, who chose to regard the affair strictly as a quarrel between Somoza and Sacasa for the right to name Nicaragua's next President...
...because of my horror of violence and bloodshed. They may accuse me of weakness but never of unworthiness. It would be undignified to continue as President." Then he and his brother. Supreme Court Justice Federico, descended into the capital, entrained for the coast and exile in Salvador. Gloated General Somoza: "This has been a bloodless revolution and there are no hard feelings." The General spoke broadly. Sixteen were killed...
Last week General Somoza showed his hand. His National Guard kicked out the Government's officials in a dozen Nicaraguan towns. Forewarned, President Sacasa prepared Nicaragua's two strongest fortresses: surrounded the pink stone Presidential Palace near Managua on top of a dead volcano with his Guard of Honor, pushed loyal National Guardsmen to Fort Acosasco in Leon. Next day the National Guard assaulted the Presidential Palace in force, were repulsed with two dead, 16 wounded. Meanwhile National Guard artillery pounded away at Fort Acosasco, commanded by the President's kinsman, Major Ramon Sacasa...
That night U. S. Minister Boaz Walton Long, backed by the rest of the diplomatic corps, sent General Somoza a round-robin petition to cease firing. He agreed. Both sides kept their strategic positions but began dickering on a compromise candidate for next President of Nicaragua...