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'''Nicaragua''' is the largest nation in [[Central America]], but it the least densely populated; thus being similar in population to its neighbours. The country is bordered to the north by the Honduras and to the south by [[Costa Rica]]. Its western coast is on the Pacific Ocean, while the east of the country borders on the Caribbean Sea. Nicaragua is one of three countries in the world where abortion is illegal with no exceptions, along with [[El Salvador]] and [[Chile]]. | '''Nicaragua''' is the largest nation in [[Central America]], but it the least densely populated; thus being similar in population to its neighbours. The country is bordered to the north by the Honduras and to the south by [[Costa Rica]]. Its western coast is on the Pacific Ocean, while the east of the country borders on the Caribbean Sea. Nicaragua is one of three countries in the world where abortion is illegal with no exceptions, along with [[El Salvador]] and [[Chile]]. | ||
| − | In the 1980s and 1990s | + | In the 1980s and 1990s Nicaragua was ravaged by a civil war between American-supported Contra guerrillas and the socialist [[Sandinista]] government. As well as killing hundreds of thousands of people,the war left 20% of the country's population homeless <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1225218.stm</ref>. |
The Reagan Administration facilitated funding to the [[Contras]] through arms sales by Israel to Iran in what became known as the [[Iran-Contra affair]]. <ref>"President Ronald Reagan told a packed White House news conference that funds derived from covert arms deals with the Islamic Republic of Iran had been diverted to buy weapons for the U.S.-backed Contra rebels in Nicaragua." http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm</ref> The post Vietnam-era [[Boland amendment]] denied direct appropriations to continue the policy of [[Containment]] as it pertained to Nicaragua during this period of the [[Cold War]]. | The Reagan Administration facilitated funding to the [[Contras]] through arms sales by Israel to Iran in what became known as the [[Iran-Contra affair]]. <ref>"President Ronald Reagan told a packed White House news conference that funds derived from covert arms deals with the Islamic Republic of Iran had been diverted to buy weapons for the U.S.-backed Contra rebels in Nicaragua." http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm</ref> The post Vietnam-era [[Boland amendment]] denied direct appropriations to continue the policy of [[Containment]] as it pertained to Nicaragua during this period of the [[Cold War]]. | ||
Revision as of 01:39, June 26, 2007
Nicaragua is the largest nation in Central America, but it the least densely populated; thus being similar in population to its neighbours. The country is bordered to the north by the Honduras and to the south by Costa Rica. Its western coast is on the Pacific Ocean, while the east of the country borders on the Caribbean Sea. Nicaragua is one of three countries in the world where abortion is illegal with no exceptions, along with El Salvador and Chile.
In the 1980s and 1990s Nicaragua was ravaged by a civil war between American-supported Contra guerrillas and the socialist Sandinista government. As well as killing hundreds of thousands of people,the war left 20% of the country's population homeless [1].
The Reagan Administration facilitated funding to the Contras through arms sales by Israel to Iran in what became known as the Iran-Contra affair. [2] The post Vietnam-era Boland amendment denied direct appropriations to continue the policy of Containment as it pertained to Nicaragua during this period of the Cold War.
See also
References
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1225218.stm
- ↑ "President Ronald Reagan told a packed White House news conference that funds derived from covert arms deals with the Islamic Republic of Iran had been diverted to buy weapons for the U.S.-backed Contra rebels in Nicaragua." http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm