Nicaragua and the United States: 1940s – 2000’s

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The world in the 1940’s was not the ideal place for anyone to be living. Hitler’s Nazi movements being one of the catalysts for World War II, the citizens of the world were flung into an era of disarray and discontentment in the early 40’s. After Japan’s surprise attack on the U.S., forcing the Americans into war, it soon became a whole differnet ball game. In 1941, the United Nations was formed comprised of the inter-allies and its goal to "work together, with other free peoples, both in war and in peace". Now, all corners of the world were being affected. The history of Central American countries particularly, Nicaragua will be examined in this reading. This reading will focus specifically on the history of Nicaragua from 1945 to the early 2000’s. A critical analysis of how Nicaragua and its leaders handled certain situations and whether or not the situations were handled well. In addition, only Nicaragua’s more significant events will be regarded and analyzed chronologically and collectively, while trying to avoid going in depth as to why certain events occurred as that is for another time. This paper will represent the stance that Nicaragua’s leaders handled certain situations in a manner that was not very beneficial to Nicaragua and its citizens but beneficial to those in power up until the Sandistina government took over and began to make decisions beneficial to Nicaraguans however, hindered by opposing powers.
From 1937 to 1947, General Anastasio Somoza Garçia is in power and begins the start of a brutal family dictatorship funded by the U.S essentially making Nicaragua a more U.S. influenced nation, informally of course. In June of 1945, Nicaragua was recognized as a charter member of the United Nations and become the fir...

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...s, the United States also played a major role in the process. One can say that Nicaragua has had leaders that were not fit to be leaders and leaders faced with obstacles too great to overcome while the United States played a crucial role Nicaragua’s history.

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