National Guard of Nicaragua

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gendarmerie military organization

The National Guard of Nicaragua was the U.S.-backed military and security force that served as the main pillar of the Somoza dictatorship until its defeat during the Nicaraguan Revolution.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Nicaraguan National Guard	2
Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua	1
National Guard of Nicaragua canonical	1
Nicaraguan nationalist forces	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gendarmerie ⓘ military organization ⓘ
accusedOf	corruption ⓘ drug trafficking ⓘ political repression ⓘ
activeDuring	Somoza dictatorship ⓘ surface form: Somoza dynasty
allegiance	Anastasio Somoza Debayle ⓘ Anastasio Somoza García ⓘ Luis Somoza Debayle ⓘ Somoza dictatorship ⓘ surface form: Somoza family
conflict	Nicaraguan Revolution ⓘ
country	Nicaragua ⓘ
dissolvedAsResultOf	Sandinista victory in 1979 ⓘ
foundedBy	Anastasio Somoza García ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ surface form: United States Marines
function	counterinsurgency operations ⓘ maintaining internal order ⓘ protecting Somoza regime ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Managua ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
ideology	anti-communism ⓘ
legacy	contributed to radicalization of opposition movements in Nicaragua ⓘ
mainPillarOf	Somoza dictatorship ⓘ surface form: Somoza family dictatorship
nativeLabel	National Guard of Nicaragua self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua
notableEvent	defeat by Sandinista forces in 1979 ⓘ
notableFor	human rights abuses ⓘ repression of political opposition ⓘ torture and extrajudicial killings ⓘ
opposedBy	Sandinista National Liberation Front ⓘ surface form: FSLN Sandinista National Liberation Front ⓘ
partOf	Nicaraguan state apparatus under Somoza ⓘ
replacedBy	Sandinista Popular Army ⓘ surface form: Ejército Popular Sandinista Sandinista Popular Army ⓘ
role	armed forces ⓘ internal security force ⓘ political police ⓘ
shortName	Guardia Nacional ⓘ
significantImpact	consolidation of Somoza authoritarian rule ⓘ militarization of Nicaraguan politics ⓘ
supportedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: U.S. government United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States Marine Corps ⓘ
trainedBy	School of the Americas ⓘ United States Military Assistance Advisory Group ⓘ surface form: United States military advisors
usedFor	control of elections ⓘ suppression of labor movements ⓘ suppression of student protests ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicaraguan Revolution → opposingForce → National Guard of Nicaragua ⓘ

Somoza dictatorship → governingInstrument → National Guard of Nicaragua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicaraguan National Guard

Somoza dictatorship → securityForce → National Guard of Nicaragua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicaraguan National Guard

National Guard of Nicaragua → nativeLabel → National Guard of Nicaragua self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua

United States occupation of Nicaragua → opposedBy → National Guard of Nicaragua ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicaraguan nationalist forces