Difference between revisions of "Nicaragua"
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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 funded the Contra guerillas in defiance of the [[Boland amendment]]. <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 United States government funded the Contra guerillas in defiance of the [[Boland amendment]]. <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> |
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Nicaragua is the largest nation in Central America, but also the least densely populated; thus being similar in size to its smaller 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 was recently ravaged by a civil war, which killed thousands, and left 20% of the country's population homeless [1], between the Contra guerillas and the socialist Sandanista government.
The United States government funded the Contra guerillas in defiance of the Boland amendment. [2]
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