The United States occupation of Nicaragua from August 4, 1912, to January 2, 1933, was part of the Banana Wars, when the U.S. military invaded various Latin American countries from 1898 to 1934. The f
United States Marines with the captured flag of Augusto C. Sandino in 1932
The USS Denver ship's landing force under Lt. A. Reed rests beside the Corinto, Nicaragua railroad line, 1912.
Nicaragua
Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean stretch back to the early colonial era. Construction of such a shipping route—using the San Juan River as
United States occupation of Nicaragua
…this period. American military interventions in Nicaragua were designed to stop any nation other than the United States of America from building a Nicaraguan Canal. Nicaragua assumed a quasi-protectorate status under the 1916 Bryan–Chamorro Treaty. President Herbert Hoover (1929–1933) opposed the relationship. On…
An 1895 cartoon advocating United States action to build the Nicaragua Canal
Momotombo 1900 Edition Stamp