Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
“I salute the American people.”
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Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Augusto César Sandino was a Nicaraguan revolutionary, founder of the militant group EDSN, and leader of a rebellion between 1927 and 1933 against the United States occupation of Nicaragua. Despite being referred to as a "bandit" by the United States government, his exploits made him a hero throughout much of Latin America, where he became a symbol of resistance to American imperialism. Sandino dre…
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politics · Nicaraguan anti-US-occupation leader (1895–1934) · politician · military leader · revolutionary · artisan · soldier · also Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino, Augusto César Sandino, Sandino, Sandino Augusto Sesar
Born 18 May 1895 · Died 21 February 1934 · Q213746
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2026· 3 entries
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
“uphold the attitude of Coolidge.”
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PAHER PORTAL: Capacita Bienestar Universitario a docentes de la Preparatoria Augusto César Sandino de la UAS en prevención del riesgo suicida y autocuidado
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2024· 1 entry
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Yahoo Noticias en Español: La canciller de Bolivia elogia a Sandino al iniciar su visita en Nicaragua
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2010· 1 entry
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Its congress unanimously named him a "national hero"
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2007· 1 entry
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President Daniel Ortega renamed again the airport in honor of Sandino
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1979· 2 entries
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Somoza's son, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, was overthrown by the Sandinistas, political descendants of Sandino
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And then ensconced itself in power for more than 40 years
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1961· 1 entry
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
By Carlos Fonseca and Tomás Borge, among others, and later led by Daniel Ortega
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1944· 2 entries
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Ten years after Sandino's execution, the remains that had been buried in the La Calavera pit were exhumed and taken near the south side of the Tiscapa lagoon to be burned, then their ashes thrown into Lake Xolotlán
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“s body to rebury him in an undisclosed location. Cremated: in 1944, ten years after Sandino”
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1936· 1 entry
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Somoza García resumed control of the National Guard and established a dictatorship, with the Somoza family dynasty ruling Nicaragua for more than 40 years
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1934· 4 entries
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Died 1934-02-21.
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By National Guard forces of General Anastasio Somoza García, who went on to seize power in a coup d'état two years later
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Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
“Recibí su comunicación ayer y estoy entendido de ella. No me rendiré y aquí los espero. Yo quiero patria libre o morir. No les tengo miedo; cuento con el ardor del patriotismo de los que me acompañan.”
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“La soberanía no se discute, se defiende con las armas en la mano.”
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1933· 1 entry
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
After overseeing the election and inauguration of President Juan Bautista Sacasa, who had returned from exile
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1928· 1 entry
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Was named "the Sandino brigade
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1927· 1 entry
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
“s requests for weapons and a military commission. But after he captured some rifles from fleeing Conservative soldiers, the other Liberal commanders agreed to grant Sandino a commission. By 1927, Sandino had returned to Las Segovias, where he recruited local peasants for his army and attacked government troops with increasing success. In April Sandino”
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1921· 1 entry
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
At the age of 26, Sandino shot but failed to kill Dagoberto Rivas, the son of a prominent conservative townsman, who had made disparaging comments about Sandino's mother
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1911· 1 entry
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
By Joaquín Trincado Mateo, a Basque electrician, the EMECU blended the political ideals of anarchism with a cosmology which was an idiosyncratic synthesis of Zoroastrianism, Kabbalah and Spiritism
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1895· 1 entry
Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino
Born 1895-05-18.
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