Sandino T-Shirt

The small man with the large hat is Nicaragua’s best known national hero. From 1926 until his untimely death Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino defied the military might of the United States whose Marines had occupied the country since 1909. In 1933 the last contingent left Nicaragua; six long years of combat by a handful of workers and peasants had achieved that victory. Sandino was murdered in 1934, on the direct orders of Anastasio Somoza Garcia who later admitted that he had done this with the backing of the US Ambassador. Sandino was not only a fighter but a prolific writer and gifted speaker. Throughout the long years of the US-backed Somoza dictatorships, and ever since, Sandinismo has become the rallying cry for freedom, self-determination, non-intervention and dignity for the Nicaraguan people. This t-shirt is being produced on behalf of the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign who will receive a proportion of all sales.