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'''Adolfo Díaz''' (15 July 1875 [[Alajuela]], [[Costa Rica]]&nbsp;– 29 January 1964, [[San José, Costa Rica]]) was the 54th and 61st [[President of Nicaragua|presidentPresident]] of [[Nicaragua]] between 9 May 1911 and 1 January 1917 and between 14 November 1926 and 1 January 1929. Born in Costa Rica to [[Nicaraguan]] parents in 1875, he worked as a secretary for the La Luz y Los Angeles Mining Company, an American company chartered in [[Delaware]] that owned the large gold mines around [[La Sinua, Nicaragua|Siuna]] in eastern Nicaragua. In this capacity, he helped channel funds to the revolt against Liberal President [[José Santos Zelaya]], who had incurred the anger of the United States by negotiating with [[Germany]] and [[Japan]] to resurrect the proposed [[Nicaragua Canal]]. Díaz became Vice President of Nicaragua in 1910<ref>[http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.ni/noticias/2008/jul/vp.html History of Vicepresidency]</ref>. After he became president in 1911, Díaz was forced to rely on U.S. Marines to put down a Liberal revolt, which resulted in a contingent of Marines remaining in [[Nicaragua]] for over a decade. In return, in 1914, he signed the [[Bryan-Chamorro Treaty]], which granted the United States exclusive rights to build an inter-oceanic canal across Nicaragua.