Juan Bautista Sacasa
Juan Bautista Sacasa Sacasa (born December 21, 1874 in Leon , † April 17, 1946 in Los Angeles , USA ) was President of Nicaragua from January 1, 1933 to June 9, 1936 .
Life
Juan Bautista Sacasa Sacasa was the eldest son of Roberto Sacasa Sarria , and wife and cousin Angela Sacasa Cuadra. He was a relative of Benjamín Lacayo Sacasa . Sacasa studied at Columbia University between 1889 and 1901 and graduated with a doctorate in medicine . He was dean at the University of Leon and he was also a member of the Partido Liberal . In 1924 Sacasa became vice president of a libero-conservadora coalition under Carlos José Solórzano . The US government then withdrew its troops from the first occupation of Nicaragua from 1911 to 1924.
Guerra Constitucionalista
On October 25, 1925 , Emiliano Chamorro Vargas launched a coup against Solórzano. Solórzano remained president until January 16, 1926. Vice President Sacasa went to Mexico. Emiliano Chamorro and Sebastián Uriza were not recognized as presidents by the US government; they were supposed to become the accountants of a US mining company, Adolfo Díaz . According to the constitution, the vice-president is president when the president is absent, from which the Partido Liberal derived a right to the presidency for Sacasa. This insistence on the constitution gave rise to an armed conflict, the Guerra Constitucionalista . The Partido Liberal obtained weapons in Mexico. In 1926 Sacasa went to Puerto Cabezas and formed a government with the Partido Liberal . At the time, the Partido Liberal included Sacasa, José María Moncada Tapia , and Augusto César Sandino .
Pacto del Espino Negro
The US government intervened for the second time in 1926 with troops in Nicaragua to support its accountant Díaz . Moncada and Sacasa fought until May 4, 1929, when they concluded Tipitapa (exit of the CA1 to Managua) with Henry L. Stimson , sent by US President Calvin Coolidge, under an Espino Negro, the Pacto del Espino Negro . After Díaz's tenure, Moncada and then Sacasa were allowed to become president.
Presidency
Sacasa took office on January 1, 1933, the day before the Marines planned to leave . At the urging of the US embassy, he appointed Anastasio Somoza García , who was married to one of his nieces, as director of the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua . On February 21, 1933, Sacasa signed a contract with Sandino. Sandino had stipulated amnesty and land ownership for himself and the Ejército Defensor de la Soberanía Nacional (EDSN) and demanded the dissolution of the Gurardia Nacional. In February 1934, Sandino was murdered on behalf of Somoza.
Sacasa disapproved of Somoza’s behavior, but could not prevail against Somoza and his Guardia Nacional. Nicaragua's economy suffered from the aftermath of the Great Depression, which included a drop in coffee prices. Widespread electoral fraud was revealed in the congressional elections. In early 1936 Somoza used the Guardia Nacional and cleaned up government offices and filled the positions with his informants. On June 6, 1936, Sacasa resigned and on June 9, 1936, Somoza put Carlos Alberto Brenes Jarquín as president in a coup, and Somoza himself became president in 1937. Sacasa then went into exile in Los Angeles. Sacasa married Arguello Manning, a cousin of Leonardo Argüello Barreto .
Individual evidence
- ^ Time Nov. 12, 1928 Not a Jot, Not a Tittle
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| José María Moncada Tapia |
President of Nicaragua January 1, 1929–1. January 1933 |
Carlos Alberto Brenes Jarquín |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sacasa, Juan Bautista |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sacasa Sacasa, Juan Bautista (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua (1933–1936) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leon |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1946 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |