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and [[Ronald Reagan]] covertly supported the Contras.
and [[Ronald Reagan]] covertly supported the Contras.
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]]. No one was ever convicted of violating any law by finding the Contras. Convictions for other aspects of the covert operation were overturned on appeal.
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]]. No one was ever convicted of violating any law by funding the Contras. Convictions for other aspects of the covert operation were overturned on appeal.
Leftist propaganda portrayed them as even more notorious brutes than the [[Sandinistas]]. According to this portrayal, the Contras "regularly destroyed health centers, [[school]]s, agricultural cooperatives, and community centers-symbols of the Sandinistas' social programs in rural areas." <ref>[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html www.thirdworldtraveler.com, a Leftist website]</ref>
Leftist propaganda portrayed them as even more notorious brutes than the [[Sandinistas]]. According to this portrayal, the Contras "regularly destroyed health centers, [[school]]s, agricultural cooperatives, and community centers-symbols of the Sandinistas' social programs in rural areas." <ref>[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html www.thirdworldtraveler.com, a Leftist website]</ref>
President [[Ronald Reagan]] honored the Contras by describing them as the "Moral Equivalent of our Founding Fathers."
President [[Ronald Reagan]] honored the Contras by describing them as the "Moral Equivalent of our Founding Fathers."
See: [[Boland amendment]].
Over the course of the war, nearly 30,000 Nicaraguans were killed by the Contras, with many more wounded. <ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/29/opinion/the-contra-war-1981-1990.html nytimes.com]</ref>
==See also==
*[[Boland amendment]].
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]
*[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Nicaragua_KH.html]
==Notes==
==References==
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[[Category:International Politics]]
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[[Category:Central American History]]
[[Category:1980s]]