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Power consolidated within National Guard
After winning the presidential elections in December 1936, Somoza Garcia proceeded to take control of the National Guard. He did this while continuing to try and divide his political opponents.
Source: https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/n-background.php
This source is from Brown University.
The United States supported the rise in power of Garcia within the National Guard. -
Sandino Assassination
Sandino was assassinated by National Guard members who killed him without approval from the president.
Source: http://revolutions.truman.edu/nicaragua/bios.htm
This is an educational source; its information is derived from Columbian Electronic Encyclopedia, ucis.pitt.edu, and rose-hulman.edu.
Sandino was assassinated following his arrival to have dinner with Anastasio Somoza. Carlos Fonseca and other rebel activists tried to keep Sandino's legacy alive in Nicaragua. -
Somoza Garcia Assassination
Garcia's policies made him subject to many enemies; there enemies included a citizen who ended up assassinating him in September 1956.
Source: http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/historyofcentralamerica/p/somozagarcia.htm
This is an educational source which informs the public about latin american history.
He was shot in the chest by poet Rigoberto Lopez Perez. Lopez would be named a national hero by the Sandinista government. -
Sandinista National Liberation Front Formation
This group took leadership in opposing Anastasio Somoza Debayle. It took its name and ideology largely from Sandino.
Source:https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/n-sandinistas.php
This source came from Brown University. The article was called "The Sandinistas."
This group was founded by Silvio Mayorga, Tomás Borge, and Carlos Fonseca. The first members of the FSLN consisted of nationalistic students. -
Debayle Flees Nicaragua
Following the departure of Debayle, the FSLN and other revolutionary members assumed power. They took on a country in ruins and pledged political pluralism.
Source: http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/11.htm
This source originated in the U.S. Library of Congress
Debayle pushed for political repression; he wanted censorship of the media and the press in Nicaragua.
