Rodolfo Jose Bendana Castrillo: Sham American President 'Stains' Nicaraguan History
[Rodolfo Jose Bendana Castrillo is a civil engineer.]
We know that the filibuster, William Walker, was a foreigner who trampled upon our sacred homeland, and who came accompanied by mercenary soldiers to conquer this badly-beaten country. It is also known and historically documented that the filibuster William Walker was financed by foreign interests, and that in addition to providing funds for provisioning and transporting them across the ocean to our Central American coast, he counted on support from politicians from the nation that gave rise to these adventures [the United States], to recruit, organize, arm and to let these demonic troops loose on foreign soil.
[Editor's Note: President of Lower California, Emperor of Nicaragua, doctor, lawyer, writer - these were some of the titles claimed by William Walker, the greatest American filibuster. In the mid-nineteenth century, adventurers known as 'filibusters' participated in military actions to take control of Latin American nations for annexation by the United States. This was an expression of Manifest Destiny, the idea that the U.S. was destined to control the continent. Had he been successful, he might have brought several Central American countries into the United States as pro-southern states, altering the balance in Congress and postponing The Civil War].
The scheme of these foreigners, including William Walker, his deputy Byron Cole and rest of his damned troops, surpassed the conquest of our native land Nicaragua, since they expected to subjugate the greater mother country: Central America.
Patriots from around Central America, including Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica fought these invaders in bloody, heartrending, bloodthirsty battles. They came out bravely and heroically to stop and annihilate this plague, that in its eagerness for conquest and subjugation set fire to cities, abandoned orphans and widows, stained women, pillaged ranches and assaulted the sovereignty of every one of our isthmatic brothers. [Nations around the Central American Isthmus. See Map]...
... Nevertheless, today the memory of these parents of our country is soiled. These illustrious people, our heroes, would tremble with indignation at those of us who are convinced that yes, we are the children of a Mother country called Nicaragua , from which we want our dignity, freedom and sovereignty...
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We know that the filibuster, William Walker, was a foreigner who trampled upon our sacred homeland, and who came accompanied by mercenary soldiers to conquer this badly-beaten country. It is also known and historically documented that the filibuster William Walker was financed by foreign interests, and that in addition to providing funds for provisioning and transporting them across the ocean to our Central American coast, he counted on support from politicians from the nation that gave rise to these adventures [the United States], to recruit, organize, arm and to let these demonic troops loose on foreign soil.
[Editor's Note: President of Lower California, Emperor of Nicaragua, doctor, lawyer, writer - these were some of the titles claimed by William Walker, the greatest American filibuster. In the mid-nineteenth century, adventurers known as 'filibusters' participated in military actions to take control of Latin American nations for annexation by the United States. This was an expression of Manifest Destiny, the idea that the U.S. was destined to control the continent. Had he been successful, he might have brought several Central American countries into the United States as pro-southern states, altering the balance in Congress and postponing The Civil War].
The scheme of these foreigners, including William Walker, his deputy Byron Cole and rest of his damned troops, surpassed the conquest of our native land Nicaragua, since they expected to subjugate the greater mother country: Central America.
Patriots from around Central America, including Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica fought these invaders in bloody, heartrending, bloodthirsty battles. They came out bravely and heroically to stop and annihilate this plague, that in its eagerness for conquest and subjugation set fire to cities, abandoned orphans and widows, stained women, pillaged ranches and assaulted the sovereignty of every one of our isthmatic brothers. [Nations around the Central American Isthmus. See Map]...
... Nevertheless, today the memory of these parents of our country is soiled. These illustrious people, our heroes, would tremble with indignation at those of us who are convinced that yes, we are the children of a Mother country called Nicaragua , from which we want our dignity, freedom and sovereignty...