Contras - Wikipedia
By 1989 the U.S.-backed Contra war and economic isolation had inflicted severe economic suffering on Nicaraguans. The US government knew that the Nicaraguans had been exhausted from the war, which had cost 30,865 lives, and that voters usually vote the incumbents out during economic decline.
Nicaraguan Revolution - Wikipedia
The revolution revealed the country as one of the major proxy war battlegrounds of the Cold War. The initial overthrow of the Somoza dictatorial regime in 1978–79 cost many lives, and the Contra War of the 1980s took tens of thousands more and was the subject of fierce international debate.
Contra | Guerrilla Warfare, Insurgency, Reagan Doctrine | Britannica
contra, member of a counterrevolutionary force that sought to overthrow Nicaragua’s left-wing Sandinista government. The original contras had been National Guardsmen during the regime of Anastasio Somoza (see Somoza family).
President Reagan gives CIA authority to establish the Contras
Nov 13, 2009 · On January 4, 1982, President Ronald Reagan signs off on a top secret document, National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), which gives the Central Intelligence Agency the power to...
Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs - The Iran-Contra Affairs
Nicaraguan exiles, including former guardsmen and members of the Conservative Party, gathered in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Miami and discussed the prospect of both unarmed and armed opposition to the Sandinistas.
Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs - The Iran-Contra Affairs
Toward the end of 1982, the Contras (who operated out of Honduras) were conducting attacks deep inside Nicaragua. The First Boland Amendment As Contra attacks continued throughout 1982, the U.S. press began to report on U.S. support for the rebels.
Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs - The Iran-Contra Affairs
The impetus for Nicaragua's ties with the Soviet Union is a matter of debate. Some argue that the Sandinistas sought relations with the Soviet Union only after the war with the contras and U.S. attempts to cut off Western aid to the Sandinistas made such relations necessary.
WHY THE CONTRAS WHY THE COVERT WAR IN NICARAGUA …
Jan 26, 2012 · The often brutal covert war has hurt the Nicaraguan economy and put pressure on the Nicaraguan government to negotiate with the rebels and the U.S. It ..as also reduced the flow of arms into El Salvador.
Nicaragua: The Contras' Revived Challenge - TIME
Apr 18, 2005 · The Nicaraguan army has attempted to keep the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN), the main contra group, bottled up along the 550-mile border with Honduras.
Nicaragua, Reagan, and the Iran-Contra Affair
May 28, 2024 · In the early 1980s, U.S. President Ronald Reagan launched a covert war to destroy the fledgling Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. It was brutal: Paramilitary war, CIA attacks, economic...