The final installment of Greg Walker’s outstanding piece on the strange tale of David Baez is here today. Baez was born in Nicaragua and his father, a military officer was murdered by the Somoza regime. His hatred of everything that had to do with the Somoza’s stayed with Baez his entire life. He went to More »
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David Baez, Green Beret, Sandinista Officer -Part 2
We recently posted the first part in an outstanding three-part series written by former Special Forces NCO Greg Walker on the story of David Arturo Baez, a former Green Beret from the 3rd Bn, 7th SFG in Panama, who left the American military, ostensibly to help his family run a coffee farm. But he instead More »
The Strange Story of David Baez, Green Beret, and Sandinista Officer
One of the most bizarre stories to come out about Central America was the strange saga of David Baez. Baez was born in Nicaragua but became a U.S. citizen and later a Green Beret. Baez’s father was a military officer in Nicaraguan National Guard before being executed by the military’s leader Anastasio Somoza. Baez grew More »
On This Day, President Reagan Gives CIA Authority To Create the Contras
Anti-Sandinista Nicaraguan Rebels Would Become a Thorny Issue President Ronald Reagan did little to hide his disdain for the Marxist Nicaraguan leaders who seized power after the dictator Somoza was ousted. The Somoza family ruled the country with an iron hand for 46 years. Then the Sandinista National Liberation Front, Spanish Frente Sandinista de Liberación More »
Protests Turn Ugly as Ortega Kills 25 or More in Nicaragua
Ever since the Sandinistas first came to power, they’ve been trying to assert total control over their population. And now as President Daniel Ortega’s newest Social Security policies are blowing up in his face, the government is violently cracking down on any dissent, real or perceived. The riots that have taken place across Nicaragua have More »
February 2, 1988, Networks Refuse to Air President Reagan’s Speech
The year 1988 was an interesting one in the realm of international politics and conflict and unlike the events of today, these were much closer to home. And when the President of the United States was going to make a speech to the American people, lobbying for aid against a Communist regime that threatened peace More »
“Those Green Berets Sure Taught You How to Shoot Straight”
“No, sir. This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Sometimes having a reputation can work against you and then there are others when you just do your job and move on. And then there are those times you get treated like a rock More »