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Contras - Wikipedia The Contras (from Spanish: contrarrevolucionarios, lit ' counter-revolutionaries ') were the anti-communist right-wing rebels who waged a guerrilla war against the Marxist Sandinista National Liberation Front and the Junta of National Reconstruction, which came to power after the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979
Guerrilla Warfare, Insurgency, Reagan Doctrine - Britannica In 1984 the U S Congress banned military aid to the contras; the efforts of the administration of U S president Ronald Reagan to circumvent the ban led to the Iran-Contra Affair
Contras - New World Encyclopedia Some rebels disliked being called Contras, feeling that it defined their cause only in negative terms, or implied a desire to restore the old order Rebel fighters usually referred to themselves as comandos ("commandos"); peasant sympathizers also called the rebels los primos ("the cousins")
Contras | Encyclopedia. com Conceived in 1981 as an armed force to interdict arms supplies shipped from Nicaragua to anti-government guerrillas in El Salvador, the contras grew from a five-hundred-man force to an estimated twelve thousand men with the objective of ousting the Sandinistas from political power
Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs - The Iran-Contra Affairs The CIA began airlifting supplies to the Contras, who conducted “spectacular” guerilla assaults on their target During the second half of 1983, with the help of the CIA, the Contras conducted air strikes on Sandino airport near Managua and other targets
Contras Explained Nevertheless, the case for support of the Contras continued to be made in Washington, D C , by both the Reagan administration and the Heritage Foundation, which argued that support for the Contras would counter Soviet influence in Nicaragua
Contras Definition - AP World History: Modern Key Term | Fiveable What were the main goals of the Contras during their conflict with the Sandinista government in Nicaragua? The main goals of the Contras were to overthrow the Sandinista government and end its Marxist policies, which they believed threatened democracy and freedom in Nicaragua
The Contras, Cocaine, and U. S. Covert Operations As a witness in a drug trial, Carrasco testified that in 1984 and 1985, he piloted planes loaded with weapons for contras operating in Costa Rica The weapons were offloaded, and then drugs stored in military bags were put on the planes which flew to the United States
CIA Impact Enormous : The Contras: How U. S. Got Entangled In Nicaragua, the United States set out to forge a cluster of guerrilla groups, known as contras, into a weapon capable of coercing the Sandinistas into changing their leftward course, or even