The
United States occupation of Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933 was part of the
Banana Wars, when American troops forcefully intervened with various Latin American countries from 1898 to 1934. The formal occupation began in 1912, even though there were various other assaults by the U.S. in Nicaragua throughout this period.
American military interventions in
Nicaragua were designed to stop any other nation except the
United States of America from building a
Nicaraguan Canal.