POLI+385+Nicaragua


 * NICARAGUA**

Nicaraguan Revolution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaraguan_Revolution

Nicaragua []

READINGS

Bill de Blasio article

Contras Wikipedia article

State Dept article

Few Nicaraguans among Central America's exodus to US [good] http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-nicaragua-no-migrants-20140830-story.html

Nicaragua: BBC profile http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19735631

Nicaragua Profile http://www.insightcrime.org/nicaragua-organized-crime-news/nicaragua

Confessions of a 'Contra' | The New Republic http://www.newrepublic.com/article/confessions-contra

Adolfo Calero, Contra Leader in Nicaragua, Is Dead at 80 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/world/americas/adolfo-calero-contra-leader-in-nicaragua-is-dead-at-80.html

In Central America, Reagan Remains A Polarizing Figure Page 1 [] Page 2 []

NICARAGUA HISTORY

Nicaragua Timeline http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19909695

1912-25 - US establishes military bases.

1927-33 - Guerrillas led by Augusto Cesar Sandino campaign against US military presence.

1934 - Sandino killed on the orders of the National Guard commander, General Anastasio Somoza

Somoza family dictatorship [US relations with dictators]

1937 - General Somoza elected president, heralding the start of a 44-year-long dictatorship by his family.

1961 - Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founded

Revolution turns sour. Sandanista's got rid of a dictatorship - but civil war ensued. The US supported the Contra rebels while the Soviet Union backed the FSLN government of Daniel Ortega

Daniel Ortega http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-15544315

Nicaragua's broken dreams [return of a coffee brigade volunteer] [think of people going to join Islamic State] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3856843.stm

Iran-Contra Affair

U.S supported those fighting against (contra) the communists in Nicaragua.

After Vietnam and Watergate, Congress anxious to oversee foreign policy

Congress ordered Reagan not to continue support of Contras

Reagan Endorses CIA Support of Nicaraguan Contras http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/Reagan-Endorses-CIA-Support-of-Nicaraguan-Contras.html

Iran-Contra Scandal Breaks http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/Iran-Contra-Scandal-Breaks-in-a-Lebanese-Magazine.html