Today in Labor History February 21, 1934: Augusto Cesar Sandino, Nicaraguan independence fighter, was assassinated by Somoza’s Nation Guard. While in exile in Mexico during the early 1920s, Sandino participated in strikes led by the IWW. Inspired by the anarcho-syndicalist union, he adopted their red and black logo as the colors for the revolutionary Nicaraguan flag. The Sandinistas, or FSLN, who overthrew the dictator, Anastasio Somoza, in 1979, were named for Sandino.

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The most beautiful assassinations of the last century No. 11: Rigoberto López Pérez vs. Anastasio Somoza García

On September 21, 1956, Nicaraguan poet Rigoberto #Pérez [de.wikipedia.org] admission to an election convention at the Casa de Obrero in León, where Anastasio Somoza García [en.wikipedia.org] was running for re-election. He disguised himself as a waiter, which allowed him to get close to the president and seriously injure him with five shots from his Smith & Wesson .38 & .32 Double Action [en.wikipedia.org]. The surrounding Guardias Nacionales [de.wikipedia.org] of Somoza's bodyguard shot López Pérez immediately afterwards. Shortly afterwards, Anastasio Somoza García was taken by military aircraft to the US military hospital Hospital Gorgas in the Panama Canal Zone, which was then still under US control, where he died eight days later. After the death of Anastasio Somoza García, his son Luís Somoza Debayle [de.wikipedia.org] succeeded him as president of Nicaragua.

"Yo estoy sufriendo.

Yo tengo el dolor de toda mi patria

y en mis venas anda un héroe buscando la libertad.

Las flores de mis días siempre estarán marchitas

si la sangre del tirano está en sus venas.

Yo estoy buscando al pez de la libertad

en la muerte del tirano.“

”I am suffering.

I carry the pain of my entire homeland within me,

and in my veins flows a hero who strives for freedom.

The flowers of my days will always be withered if the blood of the tyrant flows in his veins.

I am searching for the fish of freedom

in the death of the tyrant."

Rigoberto López Pérez Letter from Rigoberto to his mother, San Salvador, September 4, 1956

My dear mother:

Although you never knew it, I have always participated in all efforts to fight the disastrous regime of our country. Given that all efforts to make Nicaragua a free, unrestricted, and unblemished country again (or for the first time) have been unsuccessful, I have decided, even though my comrades-in-arms did not want to accept this, to initiate the beginning of the end of this tyranny myself. Should God will that I fail in my attempt, I do not want anyone to be held responsible, for it was entirely my decision. (...) Two years after the victory of the Sandinista #Revolution, Rigoberto López Pérez, whose commitment and sacrifice for the freedom of Nicaragua marked the beginning of the end of the #tyranny of Somoza, was declared a national hero by Decree No. 536 [web.archive.org]. Source: trueten.de

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Die schönsten Attentate des letzten Jahrhunderts Nr. 11: Rigoberto López Pérez vs. Anastasio Somoza García

Am 21. September 1956 fand der nicaraguanische Dichter Rigoberto #Pérez Einlass zu einem Wahlkonvent in der Casa de Obrero in León, auf dem sich Anastasio Somoza García zur Wiederwahl aufstellen ließ. Er verkleidete sich als Kellner, konnte so in die unmittelbare Nähe des Präsidenten gelangen und ihn durch fünf Schüsse aus seiner Smith & Wesson .38 & .32 Double Action schwer verletzen. Die umstehenden Guardias Nacionales der Leibwache Somozas erschossen Lopéz Pérez unmittelbar darauf. Anastasio #Somoza García wurde kurze Zeit später mit einem Militärflugzeug in die damals noch den #USA unterstehende P#anamakanal-Zone in das US-Militärkrankenhaus Hospital #Gorgas gebracht, wo er 8 Tage später verstarb. Nach dem Tod von Anastasio Somoza García folgte ihm sein Sohn Luís Somoza Debayle als Präsident Nicaraguas.

“Yo estoy sufriendo. Yo tengo el dolor de toda mi patria y en mis venas anda un héroe buscando la libertad. Las flores de mis días siempre estarán marchitas si la sangre del tirano está en sus venas. Yo estoy buscando al pez de la libertad en la muerte del tirano”.

"Ich leide. Ich trage den Schmerz meiner ganzen Heimat in mir, und in meinen Adern fließt ein Held, der nach Freiheit strebt. Die Blumen meiner Tage werden immer verwelkt sein, wenn das Blut des Tyrannen in seinen Adern fließt. Ich suche den Fisch der Freiheit im Tod des Tyrannen."

Rigoberto López Pérez

Brief von Rigoberto an seine Mutter, San Salvador, 4. September 1956

Meine liebe Mutter:

Obwohl Sie es nie gewusst haben, habe ich mich stets an allen Bemühungen beteiligt, das verhängnisvolle Regime unseres Landes zu bekämpfen. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass alle Anstrengungen, Nicaragua wieder (oder zum ersten Mal) zu einem freien, uneingeschränkten und makellosen Land zu machen, erfolglos geblieben sind, habe ich mich entschlossen, auch wenn meine Mitstreiter dies nicht akzeptieren wollten, selbst den Anfang vom Ende dieser Tyrannei einzuleiten. Sollte Gott wollen, dass ich bei meinem Versuch scheitere, möchte ich, dass niemand dafür verantwortlich gemacht wird, denn alles war meine Entscheidung. (...) Zwei Jahre nach dem Sieg der sandinistischen #Revolution wurde Rigoberto López Pérez, der mit seinem Engagement und seiner Opferbereitschaft für die Freiheit Nicaraguas den Anfang vom Ende der #Tyrannei Somoza markierte, durch das Dekret Nr. 536 zum Nationalhelden erklärt.

Quelle: trueten.de

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Today in Labor History February 21, 1934: Augusto Cesar Sandino, Nicaraguan independence fighter, was assassinated by Somoza’s Nation Guard. While in exile in Mexico during the early 1920s, Sandino participated in strikes led by the IWW. Inspired by the anarcho-syndicalist union, he adopted their red and black logo as the colors for the revolutionary Nicaraguan flag. The Sandinistas, or FSLN, who overthrew the dictator, Anastasio Somoza, in 1979, were named for Sandino.

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> .. standard establishment perspective.. we are good and only react to evil... the view sustaining and justifying the invasion and occupation of #Iraq from 2003. That attack was.. not evil but a response to evil.. involving lies and mistakes..[but] not.. “aggression.” This framing has a long historical record. A classic.. case was the organization and support by the United States of a mercenary army in #Somoza’s #Nicaragua that, with U.S. help, invaded #Guatemala in 1954

Today in Labor History February 21, 1934: Augusto Cesar Sandino, Nicaraguan independence fighter, was assassinated by Somoza’s Nation Guard. While in exile in Mexico during the early 1920s, Sandino participated in strikes led by the IWW. Inspired by the anarcho-syndicalist union, he adopted their red and black logo as the colors for the revolutionary Nicaraguan flag. The Sandinistas, or FSLN, who overthrew the dictator, Anastasio Somoza, in 1979, were named for Sandino.

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Presentan libro “El pueblo contra la dictadura”, una memoria histórica para reconstruir la Nicaragua de hoy

“¿Cómo pudo ocurrir la mutación y la brutal transformación de un proyecto que tenía propósitos aparentemente nobles y terminar de nuevo hoy en otra dictadura?”, cuestionó Mónica Baltodano.
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Presentan libro “El pueblo contra la dictadura”, una memoria histórica para reconstruir la Nicaragua de hoy • Semanario Universidad

“¿Cómo pudo ocurrir la mutación y la brutal transformación de un proyecto que tenía propósitos aparentemente nobles y terminar de nuevo hoy en otra dictadura?”, cuestionó Mónica Baltodano.

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> .. after the overthrow of #Somoza, the #CarterAdministration had initiated the CIA destabilization campaign.. expanded by the #Reaganites. The #Carter doves did not give direct support to the #NationalGuard forces that they helped reconstitute. Rather, training and direction were in the hands of #NeoNazi #Argentine generals serving "as a proxy for the United States" (#RandCorporation terrorism expert Brian Jenkins).
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#JImmyCarter #PresidentCarter #DeathIsNotPerfume
Deterring Democracy: Chapter 10 [5/13]

Today in Labor History February 21, 1934: Augusto Cesar Sandino, Nicaraguan independence fighter, was assassinated by Somoza’s Nation Guard. While in exile in Mexico during the early 1920s, Sandino participated in strikes led by the IWW. Inspired by the anarcho-syndicalist union, he adopted their red and black logo as the colors for the revolutionary Nicaraguan flag.

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La Bottega del Barbieri