Latin American Influence On The Sandinistas

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The international relations between Latin America and the United States has had a complicated and continuous relationship since the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine dictated that the United States had a duty in protecting any nation within the Western Hemisphere. Since then, the United States has served as a protector and intruder of Latin American affairs. It has largely intervened on Latin American affairs with Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil.

Nicaragua has one of the bloodiest histories in Latin America; most of the blood stems from United States interventions. The United States intervened numerous times in order to keep political parties in power that supported American interests. They were behind various military coups to “ensure …show more content…
embargo on Nicaragua and had the CIA secretly aid the Contras to fight the Sandinistas. The Sandinistas would hold power until the 1990 election. Despite the fact that the Sandinistas lost the election, they would come back to presidency in the 2006 election. The FSLN still remains a strong political party today (Notes).

Throughout the Sandinista period public support from society was high and the group was prevalent in politics. They, however, did not succeed in one important aspect. The economy deflation and inflation was at an all-time high; it was 30,000 percent in 1988. While the latest Sandinista government is a socialist government, it is a social democratic; as opposed to a revolutionary socialist (Prevost and Vanden, Chapter 21).

The dream that Augusto César Sandino had for his country was shared by many throughout the world. Despite the fact that many of his goals did not achieve, he built a legacy that worked towards his goals to build Nicaragua as a better tomorrow. The Sandinistas did not die with him, they took a life of their own and became an unstoppable force in Nicaragua. The FSLN worked to improve the country’s society, economy, and politics; and today they are still fighting the political battle. In spite of Sandino’s assassination, his ideals lived on to create a better tomorrow for …show more content…
It had started as an ideal vacation spot for Americans to take advantage of Cuba’s natural environment and the hospitality of its people and laws. As time went on, the hospitality thinned with the Cuban people towards the U.S.-friendly Batista government. After a militant revolution in the 1950s, the animosity lasted decades until very recently in 2015. The ideologically-warring nations have just recently undergone the reformation of relations towards each other (Prevost, Chapter
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