Part II - Sandino, General de Hombres Libres - The Return of the Old Marine

"Para los navegantes con ganas de viento, la memoria es un puerto de partida" / Eduardo Galeano /Arturo Zamora Cortés/United States Marines occupied Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933. From 1910 to 1926, the conservative party ruled Nicaragua. The Chamorro family, which had long dominated the party, effectively controlled the government during that period. In 1914, the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty was signed, giving the U.S. control over the proposed canal, as well as leases for potential canal defenses. Following the evacuation of U.S. Marines, another violent conflict between liberals and conservatives took place in 1926, known as the Constitutionalist War, which resulted in a coalition government and the return of U.S. Marines. From 1927 until 1933, General Augusto César Sandino led a sustained guerrilla war, first against the Conservative regime and subsequently against the U.S. Marines, who withdrew upon the establishment of a new Liberal government. Sandino rejected a 1927 negotiated agreement brokered by the United States to end the latest round of fighting between liberals and conservatives.

The revolt finally forced the United States to compromise and leave the country. When the Americans left in 1933, they set up the Guardia Nacional (National Guard), a combined military and police force trained and equipped by the Americans, designed to be loyal to U.S. interests. Anastasio Somoza García, a close friend of the American government, was put in charge. With U.S. support Anastasio Somoza García outmaneuvered his political opponents, including Sandino who was executed by National Guard officers in February 1934, and took over the presidency in 1936. The Somoza family would rule until 1979. As Nicaragua's government collapsed and the National Guard commanders escaped with Somoza, the U.S. first promised and then denied them exile in Miami. The rebels advanced on the capital victoriously. On July 19, 1979 a new government was proclaimed under a provisional junta headed by 35 year old Daniel Ortega and including Violeta Chamorro. including Sandino who was executed by National Guard officers in February 1934, and took over the presidency in 1936. The Somoza family would rule until 1979. As Nicaragua's government collapsed and the National Guard commanders escaped with Somoza, the U.S. first promised and then denied them exile in Miami. The rebels advanced on the capital victoriously. On July 19, 1979 a new government was proclaimed under a provisional junta headed by 35 year old Daniel Ortega and including Violeta Chamorro.

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[monbacho]

@Olanzapino1 NO, no se puede odiar a nadie, se critica su politica exterior que es mas terrorista que Osama Bin Laden, pero jamas odiar a su poblacion, por que como dice un poema Vietnamita anonimo

RELLENAMOS EL CRATER DE LAS BOMBAS

Y DENUEVO SEMBRAMOS

Y DE NUEVO CANTAMOS

POR QUE JAMAS LA VIDA SE DECLARA VENCIDA".

Si esto lo escribio un vietnamita, da muestra de su gran civismo, apesar de que en su pais, cayeron mas bombas que en toda la segunda guerra mundial.

[monbacho]

@pazhermanolobo Si cuadra estemiad @pa......., el dice en el capitulo 1, que tenia 18 anos cuando llego a Panama y de alli fue a Nicaragua, todo cuadra, por que no hay nadie que no haya estado en ese tiempo de sandino en Nicaragua y no tenga los conocimientos que tiene este Norteamericano, se le ve muy sincero, el mismo reconoce diciendo "WE KILL A WOMANS AND CHILDRENS" nadie estando en tierra ajena, hace semejantes comentarios, ademas era el ano 1985 cuando esta entrevista.

[USMarineRifleman0311]

what a load of bullshit

about 40 Marines died in the entire 2 decades of the Banana Wars

this old fuck was never there, this is just cheap ass cold war propaganda

[mig15fan]

@Olanzapino1 el odio es una enfermedad, para luchar bien, hay que estar sano

[niktuani]

@pazhermanolobo este documental fue terminado en 1985 -lo dice en lo créditos finales-, por lo que William Gandall, el viejo marine, dio esa entrevista un año antes. Así calza toda la cronología de su testimonio

[pazhermanolobo]

No cuadra. Este señor no tiene edad para ello. Este vídeo fue colgado en 2009 y el dice tener 77 años y que se alistó en los USMC a los 20 años de edad. Sandino murió en 1934, en 2004 se cumplieron 70 años de su muerte. El testigo dice haber entrenado a la guardia nacional, y dicha institución se fundó en 1927 de acuerdo con una clápsula del pacto del espino negro. Este hombre debería tener como mínimo 97 años para haber participado en lo que dice. Simplemente no cuadra.