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==Iran Contra==
 
==Iran Contra==

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Group.png Nicaragua   Sourcewatch SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
LocationCentral America
TypeUnited Nations Members.svg nation state
Member ofOrganisation of American States, UN
SubpageNicaragua/Foreign Minister
Nicaragua/President
Nicaragua/Vice President

Iran Contra

Full article: “Iran-Contra”

The so-called "Iran-Contra" operation was an off-the-books method of arming the Nicaraguan "contras" (a.k.a. "terrorists", a.k.a. "freedom fighters") using some of the profits of CIA drug trafficking.

 

Event

Event
Operation Washtub

 

Citizens of Nicaragua on Wikispooks

TitleBornDiedDescription
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann5 February 19338 June 2017
Anastasio Somoza Debayle5 December 192517 September 1980Third generation "our son of a bitch"
Anastasio Somoza García1 February 189629 September 1956With the help of the US Marine Corps started a family dictatorship that maintained absolute control over Nicaragua for 42 years.
Felix Maradiaga3 September 1976Nicaraguan academic with deep state connections

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
CIA Media Operations in Chile, Jamaica, and NicaraguaArticle16 March 1982Fred LandisHow the CIA takes over the major newspaper in a country targeted for regime change, and uses it as an instrument of destabilization. The method is still very much used in 2021.
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