Republic of Nicaragua

State · 1840–2026 CE · at its largest around 1842 CE

A Central American republic that left the federation, whose politics were shaped by the rivalry between León and Granada and by foreign intervention.

On its lands while it lasted

• Rubén Darío (1867 CE – 1916 CE): Nicaraguan poet who founded modernismo, the movement that renewed Spanish-language poetry at the end of the 19th century.
• Nicaraguan Revolution (1978–1990 CE): The Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1979, then fought the US-backed Contras until elections in 1990.

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