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Line 1: − '''The Contras''' were a terrorist organization that was comprised of former members of the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza's National Guard. The Contra's killed between 30,000, and 50,000 people, and were commited to the destruction of the government of Nicaragua. The Contras were given financial and operational support from the Reagan administration. In fact, Reagan once famously quipped: " I am a contra too."+ − + + + + + +
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{{stub}}The Contras were a collection of guerilla groups and political parties oppressed to the [[communist]] government of [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s. The [[United States of America|United States]] under President [[Ronald Reagan]] covertly supported the Contras and their death squads.
[[Category:Terrorists]]
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]].
See: [[Boland amendment]].
==Sources ==
*[http://cuban-exile.com/doc_201-225/doc0224.html#Nicaragua Cuba: State Sponsored Terrorism] Nicaragua 1979.