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| 1927, May 4 |
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| Henry L. Stimson, representing the United States, succeeded in bringing the two factions together. President Díaz was to complete his term of office, the opposition was to disarm, and the U.S. was to supervise the forthcoming elections. | 1 |
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| 1928, Nov. 4 |
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| José Moncada (Liberal) was elected, with the U.S. government supervising the polling. Sandino, who had continued the fighting on his own account and who had gone so far as to attack American troops, withdrew to Mexico, but in 1931 he resumed the struggle. | 2 |
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| 1933, Jan. 1 |
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| With the Sandino forces numbering over 3,000, the U.S. Marines gave up the fight in Nicaragua. In keeping with the turn toward a less interventionist policy, initiated by Herbert Hoover and made official by Franklin Roosevelt, the U.S. created a National Guard, staffed and directed by Nicaraguans. U.S.-educated GEN. ANASTASIO SOMOZA GARCÍA (1896–1956) was appointed head of the guard, which was conceived as a peacekeeping force that would remain politically neutral. | 3 |
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| 1933–36 |
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| JUAN SACASA, president. | 4 |
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| 1934, Feb 21 |
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| During a U.S.-mediated negotiation between the government and Sandino, Somoza ordered Sandino's execution. In the following weeks scores of Sandino's followers were rounded up and executed, crushing the movement. | 5 |
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| 1936, June 2 |
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| Sacasa was deposed by the National Guard, led by Gen. Anastasio Somoza. | 6 |
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| 1937–47 |
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| ANASTASIO SOMOZA, president. Somoza undermined U.S. intentions in creating the National Guard by assuming the presidency, but the U.S. recognized his government nonetheless. He made himself virtual dictator and proceeded with the utmost vigor against sources of dissent. The introduction of rigid exchange controls was designed to help the country economically, but it met with indifferent success. | 7 |
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| 1939, Mar. 23 |
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| A constituent assembly approved a new constitution and reelected Somoza. | 8 |
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| 1941, Dec. 11 |
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| Nicaragua declared war on Japan, Germany, and Italy. Somoza was a strong supporter of the U.S. throughout the war. | 9 |
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| 1944 |
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| Somoza declared a new labor code because of severe unrest, briefly winning the support of the Nicaraguan Socialist Party (PSN). (See Nicaragua) | 10 |
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