Nicaraguan Civil War

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The Nicaraguan Civil War was a late-20th-century armed conflict between the Sandinista government and U.S.-backed Contra rebels that devastated Nicaragua and became a major Cold War proxy battleground in Central America.

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Nicaraguan Civil War canonical 1
Nicaraguan Contra War 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War proxy war
armed conflict
civil war
combatantCommander Adolfo Calero
Daniel Ortega
Enrique Bermúdez
Tomás Borge
conflictIn Nicaragua
describedAs major Cold War proxy battleground in Central America
endTime 1990
followed Nicaraguan Revolution
hasCause Cold War containment policy
Sandinista overthrow of Somoza dictatorship
U.S. opposition to leftist Sandinista government
regional instability in Central America
hasEffect Iran–Contra affair
U.S. domestic controversy over covert operations
devastation of Nicaraguan economy
human rights abuses by both sides
international condemnation of U.S. policy
large civilian casualties
long-term social polarization in Nicaragua
mass displacement of population
militarization of Central America
radicalization of regional politics
refugee flows to neighboring countries
hasParticipant Contras
Costa Rica
Cuba
Honduras
Miskito
surface form: Miskito indigenous groups

Organization of American States
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Somoza loyalists
Soviet Union
United States of America
surface form: United States
location Central America
mainBelligerent Contra War
surface form: Contra rebels

Sandinista National Liberation Front
surface form: Sandinista government
opposedBy United States Congress critics
peace movements in the United States
opposingForce Contras
Sandinista National Liberation Front
partOf Cold War
precededBy Somoza dictatorship
surface form: Somoza family dictatorship
relatedTo Central American crisis
Guatemalan Civil War
Iran–Contra affair
Salvadoran Civil War
result demobilization of Contra forces
electoral defeat of Sandinistas in 1990
transition to formally democratic government
significantEvent Nicaraguan general election, 1984
surface form: 1984 Nicaraguan general election

1990 Nicaraguan general election
Contra insurgency operations
Esquipulas II Accord
surface form: Esquipulas Peace Agreement

International Court of Justice case Nicaragua v. United States
U.S. mining of Nicaraguan harbors
startTime 1979
supportedBy Central Intelligence Agency
Cuba
Eastern Bloc
Reagan administration
surface form: Ronald Reagan administration

Soviet Union
United States government
timePeriod late 20th century

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Nicaraguan Revolution relatedEvent Nicaraguan Civil War
CIA Special Activities Division engagedInConflict Nicaraguan Civil War
this entity surface form: Nicaraguan Contra War