Nicaraguan National Guard

GPTKB entity

Properties (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military organization
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Somoza_family
military dictatorship
Somoza dynasty
U.S._intervention
Somoza_regime's_policies
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Nicaraguan_Revolution
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nicaragua
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:Sandinista_victory_in_1979
1979
revolutionary activities
after_the_Sandinista_victory
gptkbp:dissolved 1979
gptkbp:engagements civil conflict
gptkbp:established gptkb:Anastasio_Somoza_García
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:FSLN
gptkb:Sandinista_rebels
gptkb:National_Guard_of_Honduras
gptkbp:founded 1927
gptkbp:headquarters Managua
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nicaraguan National Guard
gptkbp:influenced U.S._foreign_policy
gptkbp:is_involved_in political instability
drug trafficking
human rights violations
counterinsurgency operations
political repression
political violence
intimidation tactics
state terrorism
counter-revolutionary activities
civilian massacres
U.S.-backed operations
gptkbp:is_known_for human rights abuses
corruption
political repression
military coups
brutality
extrajudicial killings
political assassinations
excessive force
violent suppression of dissent
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:CIA
gptkb:U.S._government
Nicaraguan_elite
gptkbp:is_used_in gptkb:Somoza_regime
political control
gptkbp:motto “For God and Country”
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Anastasio_Somoza_García
gptkb:Anastasio_Somoza_Debayle
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Somoza_dictatorship
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Nicaragua
gptkb:Nicaraguan_Civil_War
gptkb:Somoza_regime
urban areas
dictatorship
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Guardia_Nacional_de_Nicaragua
gptkbp:productionYears 1927-1979
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Sandinista_government
gptkbp:role internal security
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Sandinista_National_Liberation_Front
gptkbp:tactics repression
gptkbp:taught gptkb:U.S._military
gptkbp:type paramilitary