COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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Sandinistas
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Contras
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CIA
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No one overthrew them
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ultimately, the Somoza family was overthrown by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) during the Nicaraguan Revolution. Widespread discontent with the Somoza regime emerged following the Managua earthquake of 1972.
Detailed explanation-2: -The FSLN overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979, ending the Somoza dynasty, and established a revolutionary government in its place. Having seized power, the Sandinistas ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as part of a Junta of National Reconstruction.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Somoza was opposed and overthrown by the Sandinistas, a leftist political and social movement. Somoza’s regime was known for repressing liberties, and the Sandinistas grew in opposition during the 1960s and 1970s. Their guerrilla campaigns gained momentum until they finally removed Somoza in 1979.
Detailed explanation-4: -Atrocities. The United States began to support Contra activities against the Sandinista government by December 1981, with the CIA at the forefront of operations.