Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nicaragua's army. 5. British agents...
...Washington's white-marbled Pan American Union building last week, frock-coated representatives of Nicaragua and Costa Rica squiggled their signatures on a treaty of friendship. The treaty ended ten weeks of bickering over the invasion of Costa Rica from Nicaragua; it also symbolized the eclipse of the Caribbean Legion. In Nicaragua, Dictator "Tacho" Somoza celebrated the occasion by knocking off work on his sugar refinery (the country's largest) now abuilding on his Pacific coast barony at Montelimar...
Tacho cocked a stained canvas hat over one eye and bellowed: "Yeah, we signed a treaty with Costa Rica. It just puts into writing everything that Nicaragua stands for anyway. No Nicaraguan has to sign a treaty to let the world know he's friends with his neighbors...
...case, the council's two-way verdict constituted a first-class tactical save for Nicaragua's strong man, "Tacho" Somoza. Tough Tacho, the only Nicaraguan who could have given the go-ahead signal for the Costa Rican adventure, narrowly escaped getting his fingers burned when Costa Rica invoked the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (for hemisphere defense...
Tacho held back and sulked, mumbling defensively about the Legion. But when the investigators, who had flown around Costa Rica with Junta President José Figueres and President-elect Otilio Ulate, moved on to Nicaragua, Tacho was in his best form. Beaming warmly, he poured out explanations and complaints...