Niguara - For Professor Linda Alvarez PDF

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I. About Winter A. Written by Ruben Dario – Nicaraguan 1. Was the father of Modernism 2. Artistic movement of the present time of that time art for pleasure 3. Fantasying about his wife 4. Focusing on the beauty of things II. Too Roosevelt A. Written by Ruben Dario 1. Compares Roosevelt to great generals 2. Discusses how Roosevelt will invade Central America 3. Begins to call Americans arrogant 4. Begins to call the US a super power III. Nicaraguan history A. 1900s 1. Lots of tension between liberal and conservatives 2. US has declared itself as a imperial power a. US wanted the Nicaraguan canal 3. 1923 Nicaraguans revolts begin to force US out of Nicaraguan 4. Leader of the revolt Sandino a. Samoza regime kills Sandino b. Sandino is a martyr creates Sandinistas B. Sandinistas 1930s 1. Are revolutionaries following Marxism and Communism a. Communism the state owns everything 2. Challenges the US/Nicaraguan Gov 3. US retaliates the Sandinistas hide C. 1972 Earthquake 1. Earth Quake hits Managua 2. US/UN sends aid to Nicaragua a. Somoza Uses money for his own gains 3. Sandinistas organizes society 4. Revolution from 1970-1979 a. US supports Samoza b. Sandinistas overthrow Samoza D. New Civil War 1. US...