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The Boland Amendment was an amendment to the Defense Appropriation Act of 1983, proposed by Edward Boland, a Democrat from Massachussetts. This amendment prohibited the US government from providing funds to the [[Contras]] to overthrow the Sandinista government of [[Nicaragua]].
The Boland Amendment was an amendment to the Defense Appropriation Act of 1983, proposed by Edward Boland, a Democrat from Massachussetts. This amendment prohibited the US government from providing funds to the [[Contras]] to overthrow the Sandinista government of [[Nicaragua]].
The discovery that the United States, through Israel, provided arms to the Contras triggered the [[Iran-Contra Affair]].
The discovery that the United States provided funds to the Contras derived from the sale of weapons, through Israel, to Iran, triggered the [[Iran-Contra Affair]].