Three years after the army and navy of the United states have left Nicaragua, Brigadier General Anastasio Somoza Garcia, commander of the National Guard of Nicaragua, frightens President Juan Bautista Sacasa into resigning.  Somoza then installs Carlos Alberto Brenes Jarquin as his puppet-president.

       Postscripts: Seven months later Somoza sacked Brenes and installed himself as dictator.

       NOTES:

• So ended the U.s.’ fifth attempt at nation building, bringing its total success/failure record to (successes, 0; failures, 6).
• While “nation-building is a laudable goal, Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution for the united States says that “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”; it does NOT state that “The United States shall guarantee to every nation on this planet a Republican Form of Government” [emphasis added].

       [added 4/26/2025]