United States occupation of Nicaragua

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The United States occupied Nicaragua from 1909-1933 and intervened in the country several times before that. The American interventions in Nicaragua were designed to prevent the construction of a trans-isthmian canal by any nation but the USA. Nicaragua assumed a quasi-protectorate status under the 1916 Chamorro-Bryan Treaty. The occupation ended as Augusto César Sandino, a Nicaraguan revolutionary, led guerilla armies against US troops. Furthermore, the onset of the Great Depression made it costly for the USA to maintain occupation.

[edit] See also

• United States-Latin American relations
• History of Nicaragua

[edit] References

• (Early interventions) http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/8.htm

• (1909-1933) http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/10.htm