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funded the Contra guerillas in defiance of the Boland amendment
Nicaragua was recently ravaged by a civil war, which killed thousands, and left 20% of the country's population homeless <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1225218.stm</ref>, between the Contra guerillas and the socialist Sandanista government.
Nicaragua was recently ravaged by a civil war, which killed thousands, and left 20% of the country's population homeless <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1225218.stm</ref>, between the Contra guerillas and the socialist Sandanista government.
The United States government also controversially armed the Contra guerillas using weapons sold via Iran, which, as a supporter of the terrorist guerilla group [[Hezbollah]], was strongly opposed in public by the Reagan government. <ref>http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm</ref>
The United States government funded the Contra guerillas in defiance of the [[Boland amendment]]. <ref>http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm</ref>
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