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communism anti stalinist left atheophobia capitalism authoritarian cold war post second comparison of nazism and stalinism totalitarianism liberal hawk pro americanism pro roc sentiment red scare red baiting red triangle u s policy towards authoritarianism western bloc communism portal politics portal v t e the contras from spanish contrarrevolucionarios lit counter revolutionaries were the anti communist rebels who waged a guerrilla war against the marxist sandinista national liberation front fsln and the junta of national reconstruction which came to power after the nicaraguan revolution in 1979 the insurgency against the sandinista government lasted from 1979 until 1990 and was one of the highest profile conflicts of the cold war 5 in july 1979 the fsln took control of the capital managua after weeks of heavy fighting the president at the time anastasio somoza debayle fled the country and relinquished control of the central government leaving the sandinistas in power the sandinistas created a junta that acted as an interim government immediately after 6 various groups were created in response to this consisting of dissidents of the new government and members of the former national guard these groups would regularly meet and establish the contras in 1980 7 during the insurgency the united states and several other countries provided military assistance and financial aid to the contras in 1981 the cia and argentina s secretariat of intelligence persuaded several contra groups to unite into the larger nicaraguan democratic force fdn in 1982 the boland amendment was passed to end u s aid to the contras yet the reagan administration continued to illegally fund the contras which resulted in a scandal known as the iran contra affair by 1987 most of the contra militias had united into the nicaraguan resistance within which the nicaraguan democratic force was the largest group during the war the contras tactics featured terrorism and human rights violations against civilians 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 the reagan administration contended that the contras tactics did not include deliberate attacks against civilians 15 the cia said that contra terrorism resulted from the poor discipline characteristic of irregular forces that terrorism was not an official military doctrine of the contras and that the contra leader responsible comandante suicida was executed 15 the global terrorism database reports that contras carried out more than 1 300 terrorist attacks 16 after a cutoff in u s military support and with both sides facing international pressure to bring an end to the conflict the contras agreed to negotiations with the fsln with the help of five central american presidents including daniel ortega then president of nicaragua the sides agreed that a voluntary demobilization of the contras should start in early december 1989 they chose this date to facilitate free and fair elections in nicaragua in february 1990 history edit origins edit the contras were not a monolithic group but a combination of three distinct elements of nicaraguan society 17 ex guardsmen of the nicaraguan national guard and other right wing figures who fought in anastasio somoza garcía s government before somoza s government collapsed in 1979 17 the guardsmen later comprised a significant portion of the nicaraguan democratic force fdn the largest contra organization 18 remnants of the guard later formed groups such as the fifteenth of september legion the anti sandinista guerrilla special forces and the national army of liberation citation needed initially however these groups were small and conducted little active raiding into nicaragua 19 anti somoza activists who supported the revolution but felt betrayed by the sandinista government 17 such as édgar chamorro a member of the fdn s political directorate 20 and josé francisco cardenal who briefly served in the council of state before leaving nicaragua following a disagreement with the sandinista government s policies and founding the nicaraguan democratic union udn an opposition group of nicaraguan exiles based in miami 21 another example was milpas milicias populares anti sandinistas a peasant militia led by disillusioned sandinista veterans from the northern mountains founded by pedro joaquín gonzález known as dimas the milpistas were also known as chilotes green corn following dimas death milpas bands emerged in 1980 and 1981 the milpistas were composed largely of campesino peasant highlanders and rural workers 22 23 24 25 nicaraguans who had avoided direct involvement in the revolution but opposed the sandinistas 17 main groups edit contra commandos from fdn and arde in the nueva guinea region of nicaragua in 1987 members of arde in september 1981 the cia and argentina s intelligence agency seeking to unify the anti sandinista cause before initiating large scale aid persuaded 15 september legion the udn and several former smaller groups to merge as the nicaraguan democratic force which was known in spanish as fuerza democrática nicaragüense and was often referred to as fdn a spanish acronym 26 the fdn was led by enrique bermudez its military commander who led its war efforts against the sandinistas and adolfo calero portocarrero a nicaraguan businessman who opposed the somoza regime and led its political directorate 27 édgar chamorro later said that the udn opposed working with the guardsmen and that the merging only took place because of insistence by the cia 28 based in honduras nicaragua s northern neighbor under the command of former national guard colonel enrique bermúdez the new fdn began recruiting other smaller insurgent forces in the north citation needed largely financed trained equipped armed and organized by the u s 29 it emerged as the largest and most active contra group 30 in april 1982 edén pastora comandante cero one of the heroes in the fight against somoza organized the sandinista revolutionary front frs embedded in the democratic revolutionary alliance arde 31 and declared war on the sandinista government 32 himself a former sandinista who had held several high posts in the government he had resigned abruptly in 1981 and defected 32 believing that the newly found power had corrupted the sandinistas original ideas 31 a popular and charismatic leader pastora initially saw his group develop quickly 32 he confined himself to operate in the southern part of nicaragua 33 after a press conference he was holding on 30 may 1984 was bombed he voluntarily withdrew from the contra struggle 31 a third force misurasata appeared among the miskito mayangna and rama amerindian peoples of nicaragua s atlantic coast who in december 1981 found themselves in conflict with the authorities following the government s efforts to nationalize indian land in the course of this conflict forced removal of at least 10 000 indians to relocation centers in the interior of the country and subsequent burning of some villages took place 34 the misurasata movement split in 1983 with the breakaway misura group of stedman fagoth muller which aligned more closely with the fdn and the rest accommodating themselves with the sandinistas on 8 december 1984 a ceasefire agreement known as the bogota accord was signed by misurasata and the nicaraguan government 35 a subsequent autonomy statute in september 1987 largely defused miskito resistance 36 unity efforts edit this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed june 2025 learn how and when to remove this message u s officials were active in attempting to unite the contra groups in june 1985 most of the groups reorganized as the united nicaraguan opposition uno under the leadership of adolfo calero arturo cruz and alfonso robelo each of whom opposed the sandinista revolution after uno s dissolution early in 1987 the nicaraguan resistance rn was organized along similar lines in may u s military and financial assistance edit see also cia activities in nicaragua united states involvement in regime change 19th century 1893 overthrow of the hawaiian kingdom 1898 1902 occupation of cuba 1898 1899 occupation of the philippines puerto rico and guam 20th century 1901 1959 1903 separation of panama from colombia 1906 1909 occupation of cuba 1912 1933 occupation of nicaragua 1913 ten tragic days 1914 occupation of veracruz 1915 1934 occupation of haiti 1916 1924 occupation of the dominican republic 1945 1949 american occupation zone in germany 1945 1955 american occupation zone in austria 1945 1952 occupation of japan 1945 1948 occupation of korea 1953 iranian coup d état 1954 guatemalan coup d état 1956 57 regime change attempts in syria 1958 failed coup attempt in indonesia 20th century 1960 2000 1960 1965 involvement in the congo crisis 1960 laotian counter coup by phoumi nosavan 1961 bay of pigs invasion 1961 operation mongoose in cuba 1963 south vietnamese coup d état 1964 brazilian coup d état 1964 ousting of cheddi jagan in british guiana 1965 1966 occupation of the dominican republic 1965 66 transition to the new order in indonesia 1971 bolivian coup d état 1973 chilean coup d état 1975 1992 support for unita in angola 1979 1992 support for the afghan mujahideen in afghanistan 1981 1990 support for the contras in nicaragua 1983 invasion of grenada 1989 invasion of panama 1994 1995 occupation of haiti 1990s iraq failed coup d état 2000 overthrow of slobodan milošević 21st century 2001 invasion of afghanistan 2003 invasion of iraq 2004 haitian coup d état 2011 involvement in the libyan civil war 2012 2017 involvement in the syrian civil war greenland crisis 2026 united states intervention in venezuela 2026 cuban crisis 2026 iran war regime change efforts v t e in front of the international court of justice the nicaraguan government claimed that the contras were altogether a creation of the u s 37 this claim was rejected 37 but the evidence of a very close relationship between the contras and the united states was considered overwhelming and incontrovertible 38 the u s played a very large role in financing training arming and advising the contras over a long period and it is unlikely that the contras would have been capable of carrying out significant military operations without this support given the large amount of training and weapons shipments that the sandinistas had received from cuba and the soviet union 39 political background edit see also reagan doctrine and history of nicaragua 1979 1990 the u s government viewed the leftist sandinistas as a threat to economic interests of american corporations in nicaragua and to national security u s president ronald reagan stated in 1983 that the defense of the usa s southern frontier was at stake 40 in spite of the sandinista victory being declared fair the united states continued to oppose the left wing nicaraguan government 41 42 and opposed its ties to cuba and the soviet union 43 44 ronald reagan who had assumed the american presidency in january 1981 accused the sandinistas of importing cuban style socialism and aiding leftist guerrillas in el salvador 45 the reagan administration continued to view the sandinistas as undemocratic despite the 1984 nicaraguan elections being generally declared fair by foreign observers 46 41 47 throughout the 1980s the sandinista government was regarded as partly free by freedom house an organization financed by the u s government 48 u s president ronald reagan and vice president george bush in 1984 under the reagan doctrine the reagan administration provided overt and covert assistance to the contras on 4 january 1982 reagan signed the top secret national security decision directive 17 nsdd 17 45 giving the cia the authority to recruit and support the contras with 19 million in military aid the effort to support the contras was one component of the reagan doctrine which called for providing military support to 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