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For peace, on a sad night
General Sandino was invited to dine, to celebrate his courage, with the "American" Ambassador
(for the name of the whole continent these pirates have usurped).
General Sandino was joyous: wine and drinks raised to his health: the Yankees were returning to their land desolately defeated and the banquet sealed with honors the struggle of Sandino and his brothers.
The assassin waited at the table.
He was a mysterious spineless being raising his cup time and again while in his pockets resounded the thirty horrendous dollars of the crime.
O feast of bloodied wine!
O night, O false moonlit paths!
O pale stars that did not speak!
O land mute and blind by night!
Earth that did not restrain his horse!
O treasonous night that betrayed the tower of honor into evil hands!
O banquet of silver and agony!
O shadow of premeditated treason!
O pavilion of light that flourished, since then defeated and mourned!