United States occupation of Nicaragua

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The United States occupation of Nicaragua was a prolonged period of U.S. military intervention and political control in Nicaragua during the early 20th century, aimed at protecting American strategic and economic interests and suppressing local resistance movements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States foreign intervention ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
aimedAt maintaining a friendly Nicaraguan government ⓘ
protecting American-owned plantations and businesses ⓘ
securing repayment of foreign debts ⓘ
suppressing local resistance movements ⓘ
conflictType asymmetric warfare ⓘ
counterinsurgency campaign ⓘ
countryInvolved Nicaragua ⓘ
United States ⓘ
describedBy Latin American historians as an example of U.S. imperialism ⓘ
U.S. historians as part of the Banana Wars ⓘ
endedBy policy shift under the Good Neighbor Policy of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
endTime 1933 ⓘ
followedBy rise of the Somoza family dictatorship ⓘ
withdrawal of U.S. Marines from Nicaragua ⓘ
hasCause U.S. policy under the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine ⓘ
desire to control interoceanic canal routes ⓘ
instability in Nicaraguan politics ⓘ
protection of U.S. economic interests ⓘ
protection of U.S. strategic interests ⓘ
hasEffect growth of Nicaraguan nationalist resistance ⓘ
limitation of Nicaraguan sovereignty ⓘ
long-term resentment toward U.S. policy in Nicaragua ⓘ
strengthening of U.S. influence in Central America ⓘ
implementedBy U.S. Department of State ⓘ
U.S. military forces ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
location Nicaragua ⓘ
opposedBy Augusto César Sandino ⓘ
Nicaraguan nationalist forces ⓘ
Sandinista guerrillas led by Sandino ⓘ
partOf Banana Wars ⓘ
United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ
history of Nicaragua ⓘ
history of United States foreign relations ⓘ
relatedTo Good Neighbor Policy ⓘ
Monroe Doctrine ⓘ
Roosevelt Corollary ⓘ
significantEvent U.S. supervision of Nicaraguan elections ⓘ
creation of the Nicaraguan National Guard under U.S. supervision ⓘ
guerrilla campaign of Augusto César Sandino ⓘ
startTime 1912 ⓘ
supportedBy U.S. Marine Corps ⓘ
U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy

pro-U.S. Nicaraguan political elites ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Banana Wars → hasPart → United States occupation of Nicaragua ⓘ
United States interventions in Latin America → includesEvent → U.S. occupation of Nicaragua ⓘ
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American imperialism → hasKeyEvent → U.S. occupation of Nicaragua ⓘ
linked to: United States occupation of Nicaragua
Augusto César Sandino → opponent → U.S. military occupation of Nicaragua ⓘ
linked to: United States occupation of Nicaragua
United States–Nicaragua relations → historicalEvent → U.S. occupation of Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933 ⓘ
linked to: United States occupation of Nicaragua
Marine Corps Small Wars Manual → basedOn → U.S. Marine Corps interventions in Nicaragua ⓘ
linked to: United States occupation of Nicaragua