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*[http://cuban-exile.com/doc_201-225/doc0224.html#Nicaragua Cuba: State Sponsored Terrorism] Nicaragua 1979. | *[http://cuban-exile.com/doc_201-225/doc0224.html#Nicaragua Cuba: State Sponsored Terrorism] Nicaragua 1979. | ||
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Revision as of 16:13, April 16, 2007
Template:StubThe Contras were a collection of guerilla groups and political parties opposed to the communist government of Nicaragua in the 1980s. The United States under President Ronald Reagan covertly supported the Contras and their death squads.
Revelations of this covert funding fueled the Iran-Contra affair. Oliver North, who was intimately involved with the funding, is currently a senior correspondent at the Fox News Channel.
See: Boland amendment.
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- Cuba: State Sponsored Terrorism Nicaragua 1979.