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U.S. Warships in Nicaragua

Back in the day on November 18th, 1909, President William Howard Taft ordered two U.S. warships to Nicaragua. The show of force was in response to the execution of two Americans, Lee Roy Cannon and Leonard Groce. The pair had joined the “Estrada Rebellion” that had broken out against Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya. Once in custody, the two confessed to mining a river in an effort aimed at destroying a naval vessel carrying five-hundred government troops. The trial and executions one hundred years ago was the final point of deterioration of relations between the U.S. and Zelaya. The two started off cordially as the U.S. had considered Nicaragua for a canal zone before ultimately preferring its created state of Panama. Zelaya was then painted as a “destabilizing force” in Central America as his political ambitions in the region countered the hegemonic wishes of Washington. Less than a month after Taft sent in the warships, President Zelaya resigned.

A century later, the U.S. has sent negotiators, not ships, into Honduras to produce an accord that may yet seal the ouster another President Zelaya from office. Call it an imperial 100 year itch…

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