involved with Nicaragua since 1850. They had been walking over them and the Nicaraguans didn’t seem to respond. In 1907 U.S. war ships took control of the Fonseca Gulf. In 1909‚ the Nicaraguan Nationalist Government finally decided to take a stand against the control. The government shot two of the U.S. mercenaries‚ but it only made matters worse for them. The United States decided to get more involved in Nicaraguan affairs‚ and in 1910 they forced a “puppet government” upon Nicaragua. After many years
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embattled president of Nicaragua‚ Anastasio Somoza DeBayle‚ fled Managua‚ leaving his regime defenseless as the rebels embarked on the capitol. After more than a decade of rebellion against the Somoza government‚ the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional‚ FSLN)‚ wrested control of Nicaragua from the Somoza’s tyranny. The ideological guerillas finally wielded the power to implement their revolutionary goals for the people of Nicaragua. Under the guidance of
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to take control of those countries. We needed Nicaragua to
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William Pope Duval William Pope Duval‚ lawyer and congressman‚ the son of William and Anne (Pope) Duval‚ was born at Mount Comfort‚ Virginia in 1784. In 1804 he married Nancy Hynes and was admitted in to the bar that same year. On May 1821‚ President Monroe appointed Duval as a federal judge in the Eastern district of the Florida Territory. That is where his legacy in the Florida history begins. From 1822 -1834‚ Duval served as the first territorial Governor of the territory of Florida. In those
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John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II‚ Italian: Giovanni Paolo II)‚ sometimes called Blessed John Paul or John Paul the Great‚ born Karol Józef Wojtyła (Polish: [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛf vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920‚ Wadowice‚ Republic of Poland – 2 April 2005‚ Vatican City)‚ reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the second-longest serving Pope in history and the first non-Italian since 1523. A very charismatic figure‚ John Paul II was acclaimed as one of the most
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Under the rule of the Sadanistas‚ conservative anti-communist groups are beginning to flee Nicaragua. These groups are forming guerilla units. Hundreds of rebels and supporters are trudging into southern Honduras based camps in a mass exodus. Their leaders say fewer than 2‚000 fighters remain in Nicaragua. Guerilla warfare is a type of warfare fought in fast-moving‚ small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces and on occasion‚ against rival insurgent forces‚ either independently
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Pope Clement VII Giulio de’ Medici was born in the exquisite city of Florence‚ Italy on May 26‚ 1478. He was the son of Fioretta Gorini‚ and the prevailing Giuliano de’ Medici whom was in fact one of the pronounced leaders of Florence during the late 1400’s. Giuliano de’ Medici was brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent and was recognized as the “co-ruler” of Florence in his time. After the tragic assassination of his father and death of his mother‚ Giulio de’ Medici was then taken in and educated
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heir to the throne in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Four men stand out among dozens in this effort to define the powers of the lay versus that of the spiritual: Emperor/kings Henry IV and John of England‚ and the popes who aggressively challenged their exertions of authority‚ Pope Gregory VII and Pope Innocent III‚ respectively. The years and conditions through which the worldly battled the holy for the command of the people differed‚ but the themes and events which emerged amidst the strife
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school‚ soccer‚ relatives (from Nicaragua) all there to say their final goodbye. Following the funeral‚ everyone from Larissa’s life set about making a foundation in her name. We came up with Dale Lari whose main goal is to provide soccer equipment‚ meals‚ and transportation to less fortunate kids in Nicaragua. A year later we had the funds to buy a bus and filled the bus with used equipment. A volunteer drove it to Miami and from there it was shipped to Nicaragua for a local team known as the
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