Augusto César Sandino
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Article abstract: Military significance: Sandino focused attention on United States interventionist policies in Latin America, attracting considerable sympathy, which in turn led to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy toward the region.
The U.S. government had taken a keen interest in Nicaragua as a possible Central American canal route as early as the 1840’s. As the canal in Panama was being completed, American interests shifted to military bases and international investment. Fearing revolution and possible foreign intervention, the U.S. government...
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