Augusto Cesar Sandino

Augusto César Sandino , 1895-1934, Nicaraguan revolutionary general. A farmer and a mining engineer, he joined the liberal revolution (1926) against the conservative government headed by Adolfo Díaz and Emiliano Chamorro. He protested against the new U.S. intervention in Nicaragua in 1926 and rejected the Stimson-Moncada agreement for the elections of 1927. On this score Sandino broke with the liberal leader, José María Moncada, and conducted vigorous guerrilla campaigns (1927-33) against the U.S. marines. Never captured but finally reconciled after the withdrawal of the marines, he headed a cooperative farming scheme. In 1934 he was invited to meet with Gen. Anastasio Somoza , and when he did so, he was seized and executed. It is from his name that the Nicaraguan revolutionary group, the Sandinistas, derives its name.

Sandino, César Augusto (1893–1934) Nicaraguan revolutionary general. A guerrilla leader, he tenaciously resisted US intervention in Nicaragua from 1926 to 1933. His anti-imperialist stance attracted wide support in Latin America. After US marines withdrew, Sandino became leader of a cooperative farming scheme. Seen as a liberalizing influence, he was assassinated by Anastasio SOMOZA's National Guard. The SANDINISTA LIBERATION FRONT, which defeated the Somoza dynasty in 1979, considered itself the spiritual heir of Sandino.

Sandino, Augusto César (1893–1934) nationalist leader in Nicaragua. He fought the conservative government during the Nicaraguan civil war (1926–27) and resisted U.S. occupation, vowing to fight until U.S. forces were withdrawn from Nicaragua. Sandino had widespread popular support and evaded capture by U.S. Marines and the Nicaraguan National Guard. After the withdrawal of the Marines in January 1933, Sandino became involved in peace negotiations. He was assassinated by Anastasio Somoza's National Guard on February 23, 1934. The members of the revolutionary group formed in Nicaragua in 1979 called themselves Sandinistas in his honor.