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ceded the Mosquito Coast, which until then had been under its protection. In 1894, and with U.S. assistance, Zelaya managed to reincorporate the eastern coast and eliminate British influence. When Roosevelt assumed the U.S. presidency, relations with Nicaragua were good. The country viewed Americans as liberators from British influence, and U.S. investors flocked there. At the time, the government offered them advantages in the hope that they would help develop the national

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