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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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 indigenous groups ⓘ
linked to: Miskito

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

Sandinista government ⓘ
opposedBy United States Congress critics ⓘ
peace movements in the United States ⓘ
opposingForce Contras ⓘ
Sandinista National Liberation Front ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
precededBy Somoza family dictatorship ⓘ
linked to: Somoza 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 1984 Nicaraguan general election ⓘ
1990 Nicaraguan general election ⓘ
Contra insurgency operations ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Ronald Reagan administration ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicaraguan Revolution → relatedEvent → Nicaraguan Civil War ⓘ
CIA Special Activities Division → engagedInConflict → Nicaraguan Contra War ⓘ
linked to: Nicaraguan Civil War
Contras → conflict → Nicaraguan Civil War ⓘ
Adolfo Calero → conflict → Nicaraguan Contra war ⓘ
linked to: Nicaraguan Civil War
George Lennox → involvedInFictionalEvent → Contra–Sandinista conflict in Nicaragua ⓘ
linked to: Nicaraguan Civil War