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<div>The '''Contras''' were a collection of freedom fighters and political activists opposed to [[communism]] in [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s. They were dubbed "counter-revolutionaries" by the leftist [[Sandinista]] government of [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s. The [[United States of America|United States]] under Presidents [[Jimmy Carter]] <ref>"After the Sandinistas took power, Carter authorized the CIA to provide financial and other support to their opponents." [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]</ref><br />
and [[Ronald Reagan]] covertly supported the Contras.<br />
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Revelations of this covert funding fueled the [[Iran-Contra Affair|Iran-Contra affair]]. [[Oliver North]], who was intimately involved with the funding, is currently a senior correspondent at the [[Fox News Channel]]. No one was ever convicted of violating any law by funding the Contras. Convictions for other aspects of the covert operation were overturned on appeal.<br />
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Leftist propaganda portrayed them as even more notorious brutes than the [[Sandinistas]]. According to this portrayal, the Contras "regularly destroyed health centers, [[school]]s, agricultural cooperatives, and community centers-symbols of the Sandinistas' social programs in rural areas." <ref>[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html www.thirdworldtraveler.com, a Leftist website]</ref><br />
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President [[Ronald Reagan]] honored the Contras by describing them as the "Moral Equivalent of our Founding Fathers."<br />
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Over the course of the war, nearly 30,000 Nicaraguans were killed by the Contras, with many more wounded. <ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/29/opinion/the-contra-war-1981-1990.html nytimes.com]</ref><br />
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See: [[Boland amendment]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=180 Remembering Sandinista Genocide] by a man who did his honor's thesis on Reagan's policy toward the Sandinista government<br />
*[http://cuban-exile.com/doc_201-225/doc0224.html#Nicaragua Cuba: State Sponsored Terrorism] Nicaragua 1979.<br />
*[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:International Politics]]<br />
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<div>The '''Contras''' were a collection of freedom fighters and political activists opposed to [[communism]] in [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s. They were dubbed "counter-revolutionaries" by the leftist [[Sandinista]] government of [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s. The [[United States of America|United States]] under Presidents [[Jimmy Carter]] <ref>"After the Sandinistas took power, Carter authorized the CIA to provide financial and other support to their opponents." [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]</ref><br />
and [[Ronald Reagan]] covertly supported the Contras.<br />
<br />
Revelations of this covert funding fueled the [[Iran-Contra Affair|Iran-Contra affair]]. [[Oliver North]], who was intimately involved with the funding, is currently a senior correspondent at the [[Fox News Channel]]. No one was ever convicted of violating any law by funding the Contras. Convictions for other aspects of the covert operation were overturned on appeal.<br />
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Leftist propaganda portrayed them as even more notorious brutes than the [[Sandinistas]]. According to this portrayal, the Contras "regularly destroyed health centers, [[school]]s, agricultural cooperatives, and community centers-symbols of the Sandinistas' social programs in rural areas." <ref>[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html www.thirdworldtraveler.com, a Leftist website]</ref><br />
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President [[Ronald Reagan]] honored the Contras by describing them as the "Moral Equivalent of our Founding Fathers."<br />
Over the course of the war, nearly 30,000 Nicaraguans were killed by the Contras, with many more wounded. <ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/29/opinion/the-contra-war-1981-1990.html nytimes.com]</ref><br />
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See: [[Boland amendment]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=180 Remembering Sandinista Genocide] by a man who did his honor's thesis on Reagan's policy toward the Sandinista government<br />
*[http://cuban-exile.com/doc_201-225/doc0224.html#Nicaragua Cuba: State Sponsored Terrorism] Nicaragua 1979.<br />
*[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:International Politics]]<br />
[[Category:Nicaragua]]</div>OnThatNewThing