Month: February 1934

On February 21, 1934, Nicaraguan freedom fighter Augusto Cesar Sandino was assassinated by the Nicaraguan National Guard. Sandino led the resistance against the US military occupation of Nicaragua between 1927 and 1933, waging a sustained and difficult campaign of guerilla warfare against the US Marines.  Unsurprisingly he was vilified as a bandit by the US… Continue reading Assassination of Augusto Cesar Sandino 1934

February 11, 1934 is the birthday of Manuel Noriega, the Panamanian general and dictator who was “removed” from office during the 1990 US invasion of Panama.  Noriega was recruited as an informant by the CIA when he was studying at a military academy in Peru.  Noriega received training at the controversial US Army School of… Continue reading Manuel Noriega, Graduate of the US Army School of the Americas