 Kutevera kubatwa kweAmerica kweNicaragua muna 1912, sechikamu cheHondo dzeBanana, mhuri yezvematongerwo enyika yeSomoza yakauya kuzotonga, uye yaizotonga Nicaragua kusvika kubviswa kwavo muna 1979 panguva yeNicaraguan Revolution. Nguva yaitonga mhuri yaSomoza yairatidzwa nokutsigirwa kwakasimba neUnited States kwehurumende nemauto ayo uyewo kuvimba kwakanyanya nemakambani emarudzi akawanda aiva muUnited States. Shanduko yeNicaragua Spanish: Revolución Nicaragüense kana Revolución Popular Sandinista yaisanganisira kupikisa kwakakura kwehutongi hweSomoza muma1960 nema1970, mushandirapamwe wakatungamirwa neSandinista National Liberation Front FSLN kudzinga hutongi hwehutongi muna 1978-1979, kuedza kwakazotevera kweFSLN kutonga Nicaragua kubva muna 1979 kusvika 1990 uye Hondo yeContra iyo yakaitwa pakati peFSLN neContras kubva muna 1981 kusvika muna 1990. 