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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1981, Jan | |
| Evidence of Sandinista arms shipments to rebels in El Salvador moved outgoing U.S. president Carter to suspend aid to Nicaragua. Upon assuming office, Pres. Ronald Reagan canceled it altogether. | 1 |
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| After months of meetings with right-wing Nicaraguans and ex–National Guardsmen, the Reagan administration decided to create a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group to be known as the CONTRAS. This marked the beginning of the Nicaraguan civil war. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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