The Nicaraguan National Guard (Spanish: Guardia Nacional, otherwise known as la Guardia) was a militia and a gendarmerie created in 1925 during the occupation...
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Sandinista air units. Before 1979 the Nicaraguan National Guard had some air units (Fuerza Aérea de la Guardia Nacional). In 1920, the National Guard received...
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Civil Guard (Spain) (redirect from Guardia Civil (Spain))
The Civil Guard (Spanish: Guardia Civil; [ˈɡwaɾðja θiˈβil]) is one of the two national law enforcement agencies of Spain. As a national gendarmerie, it...
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the Republic of Nicaragua. Citation: First Lieutenant Lewis B. Puller, United States Marine Corps (Captain, Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua) performed exceptionally...
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National Guard (redirect from Guardia Nacional)
in federal service National Guard (of Panama) (1946–1990) (Spanish: Guardia Nacional),were the armed forces of the Republic of Panama. Later re-organized...
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Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi). With...
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Richard. Guardians of the dynasty: a history of the U.S. created Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua and the Somoza Family. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 1977. Pp. 226...
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the Nicaraguan Academy of Letters Guardia was born in 1940. She was the youngest daughter of the Panamanian Consulting Engineer Carlos A. Guardia, co-founder...
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(Spanish: Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a Christian socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas (Spanish...
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Richard. Guardians of the dynasty: a history of the U.S. created Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua and the Somoza Family. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 1977. Political...
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Richard. Guardians of the dynasty: a history of the U.S. created Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua and the Somoza Family. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 1977. Pp. 194...
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1954, the CIA, working through the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua, planted a cache of Soviet-made arms on the Nicaraguan coast near the fishing village of...
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Richard. Guardians of the dynasty: a history of the U.S. created Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua and the Somoza Family. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 1977. Pp. 180-181...
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Palacios: en Nicaragua y el mundo. Copi-Zás. pp. 15–19. Fernández Guardia, Ricardo (2006). Crónicas coloniales de Costa Rica. Universidad Nacional de Educación...
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housed political prisoners and those who were "disappeared" by the Guardia Nacional. The façade of the building was destroyed during fighting between the...
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Evans Carlson (section Nicaragua)
1929 at Shanghai, China. Carlson was ordered to Nicaragua in 1930 as an officer in the Guardia Nacional. A first lieutenant at the time, he earned his...
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Augusto César Sandino (category 1930s murders in Nicaragua)
soldiers in Nicaragua would be withdrawn after the 1932 election in the country. The newly created Nicaraguan National Guard (Guardia Nacional), which continued...
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Police of Nicaragua Policía Nacional de Panamá Panamanian Public Forces Policía Nacional del Paraguay National Police of Peru Policía Nacional de República...
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Nicaragua is a nation in Central America. It is located about midway between Mexico and Colombia, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to...
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deaths occurred in the city's penitentiary. American marines and the Guardia Nacional immediately began working to restore order in Managua. American navy...
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Richard. Guardians of the dynasty: a history of the U.S. created Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua and the Somoza Family. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 1977. Political...
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Anastasio Somoza García (redirect from 1936 Nicaraguan coup d'état)
Somoza was able to rise through the ranks of the National Guard (Guardia Nacional), the constabulary force organized by the United States Marines. After...
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National anthem of Costa Rica (redirect from Himno Nacional de Costa Rica)
The "Himno Nacional de Costa Rica" (English: "Costa Rican National Anthem"), also known by its incipit, "Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera" (English: "Noble...
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Archeologist, Ethnologist. Creator of the Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. Ricardo Fernandez Guardia (1867–1950) Historian, Author, Diplomat. Declared...
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Carlos Fonseca (category National Heroines and Heroes of Nicaragua)
Bocay area of Nicaragua. Poorly prepared and having done little advance work in the area, several guerrillas were killed by the Guardia Nacional, while others...
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Richard. Guardians of the dynasty: a history of the U.S. created Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua and the Somoza Family. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 1977. Political...
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Nicaragua. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 2000. Millett, Richard. Guardians of the dynasty: a history of the U.S. created Guardia Nacional de...
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Enrique Bermúdez (category 1990s murders in Nicaragua)
in the engineer corps of the Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel under former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle...
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American Nahua". Guardia, Ricardo Fernández (2005). Cartilla histórica de Costa Rica (in Spanish). EUNED. ISBN 978-9968-31-375-9. "Nicaragua Claims Costa...
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National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) (redirect from Partido Liberación Nacional)
rebellion against the government of then President Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia and his communist allies. After the Civil War the rebels were victorious...
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