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Augusto César Sandino
Nicaraguan anti-US-occupation leader (1895–1934)
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For the Cuban town, see Sandino, Cuba. Not to be confused with Sandin.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sandino and the second or maternal family name is Calderón.
Augusto César Sandino (Latin American Spanish:[awˈɣustosesanˈdino]; 18 May 1895 – 21 February 1934), full name Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino, was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and leader of a rebellion between 1927 and 1933 against the United States occupation of Nicaragua.
Despite being referred to as a "bandit" by the United States government, his exploits made him a hero throughout much of Latin America, where he became a symbol of resistance to American imperialism.[2] Sandino drew units of the United States Marine Corps into an undeclared guerrilla war.
The United States troops withdrew from the country in 1933 after overseeing the election and inauguration o