123 School Work

US Intervention in Nicaragua

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  Internal Assessment
  
  Part A
  
  Nicaragua has had a long history of US interventions that start as early as 1850's and continue in the early XlX century. In 1979 Nicaragua experienced a Revolution in which the FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional) overthrew the Somoza Dictatorship. In the early 1980's the U.S. indirectly intervened in Nicaraguan by giving aid to the counterrevolutionaries that wished to overthrow the FSLN government. What factors led to the US interventions of the 1980's?
  Through the use of several primary sources: such as testimonies and excerpts of original documents, I will interpret the historic, economic, and Political reasons for the U.S. indirect intervention that took place in Nicaragua in 1981. Secondary sources will be used for the further investigation, details and understanding of the topic...