Description : Why were the U.S. Marines sent to Nicaragua in 1926?
Last Answer : The U.S. Marines occupied Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933, exceptfor a nine-month period beginning in 1925. They had been invited tointervene against a political insurrection by Nicaraguan ... in 1925,but a violent conflict erupted between Liberals and Conservativesin 1926, so they returned.