Biography Of Cesar Sandino

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Augusto Cesar Sandino: Legendary Nicaraguan Revolutionary.

Cesar Augusto Sandino's story began in Niquinohomo, Nicaragua, May 18, 1895. He was born the unrecognized child of Margarita Calderon and the small land owner Gregorio Sandino. Little is known about his childhood except that he was raised by his mother, and from a very young age he worked with her in the fields. Through out his youth and teen years he worked in several other Central American countries. Later, he went to work in the oil industry in Mexico.
While in Mexico he got a taste of social equality that the Mexican labor unions promoted. When Augusto headed back to his home country to work in a mine, owned by a U.S. citizen, he tried to share his new-found patriotic ideals with his coworkers. When Nicaragua's Constitutional War broke out, he went to the border of Honduras and spent his savings on weapons. Together he and the fellow workers blew up the mine.

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Sandino was motivated to fight and had already worked out a game plan, however when he and his little gang went to General Moncada for a supply of ammunition and arms, he was turned down. The next night the U.S. Marines invaded the city of Puerto Cabezas, confiscated rebels weapons and declared the city a neutral zone. With the help of several prostitutes, Sandino and his men retrieved the stolen weapons that had been thrown in the river. After being grudgingly accepted by General Moncada they then headed north, to the more mountainous part of Nicaragua. Several battles were fought on the way, and although he lost the first one there were many victories. San Rafeal del Norte was...

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In 1933 when the last American soldier was kicked out, Sandino and his men settled down with their families and became farmers. Sadly a man by the name of Anastasio Garsia was bent on arresting, killing and/or torchering all of the Defending Army’s members. Sandino was very concerned about this and went to meet with Nicaragua’s new president, Sacasa. He and the president discussed this issue and Sandino agreed to a cease-fire. On the way to a gala that the president invited him to, his car was intercepted and he and his men were shot by soldiers of the National Guard.
About 30 years ago another liberal group began fighting for equality. They called themselves the Sandinista. Sandino gave people hope that they would not always be bound by other countries and that someday they could pull out of their recession.

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