Nicaraguan Revolution

The arms scandal about secret deal between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States in 1980s

20th century armed conflict in Nicaragua

The Contras (from ) were the anti-communist right-wing rebels who waged a guerrilla war against the Marxist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and the Junta of National Reconstruction, which came to power after the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979. The insurgency against the Sandinista government lasted from 1979 until 1990, and was one of the highest profile conflicts of the Cold War.

1983 film by Roger Spottiswoode

Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side. It crosses various genres including funk, reggae, jazz, gospel, rockabilly, folk, dub, rhythm and blues, calypso, disco, and rap. For the first time, the band's songs were credited to the Clash as a group, rather than to Joe Strummer and Mick Jones. The band agreed to a decrease in album royalties in order to release the 3-LP at a low price.

Ruling family of Nicaragua from 1936 to 1979

1982 film by Miguel Littín

1996 film by Ken Loach

legal case

United Nations Security Council resolution

official government of Nicaragua (1979-1985)

contact group

patriotic and antimperialist Ideology

U.S. support given to terrorist and paramilitary organizations

Nicaraguan newspaper

alleged right-wing Argentine plot against left-wing activists in Central America

CIA manual written for Contras

Nicaraguan newspaper

deployment of U.S. troops to Honduras in 1988

CIA propaganda booklet airdropped over Nicaragua

1980 literacy campaign by the Sandinista government

1987 Central American peace accords

U.S. legislative amendments aimed at limiting federal assistance to Nicaraguan Contras

1984 bomb attack during a press conference in Nicaragua

a United States presidential commission established on December 1, 1986