The Contra War In Nicaragua

Reagan made a deal with Iran, to supply them with U.S. weapons, when the Iranians took some American hostages. The money that was made from this deal was sent directly to the contras in Nicaragua. Reagan supplied Iran with a few hundred anti-tank missiles. Israel also supplied Iran with some weapons, they mostly sent missiles that could be launched from the ground that could take out air crafts.

As Foster (2006) analyzed, on account that the transitional government were not entitled to sign any long term oil contracts, the US government had to strengthen its geopolitical influence in the region. Expectedly, the US’ privatization of the Iraqi oil enterprises after a year denotes the promulgation of neoliberal economic model in Iraq, which guarantees the US’ economic benefit acquired from the oil trade (Foster, 2006). Seeing that the war in Iraq and the privatization of Iraqi oil corporates occurred chronologically, one cannot help but wonder if the US plotted to disguise its bona fide, yet unscrupulous, conspiracy by waging its war on terrorism in the Middle East. As priorly mentioned, detailing the military to maneuver the other country for economic benefits is one of the perquisites to imperialist regime.

“Dark Alliance” also suggested that law enforcement agencies neglected to prosecute known drug smuggler and distributors. The series started with one main article, then continued with shorter articles for about three months. By September 1996, there were three federal investigations brought out by the Justice Department, the CIA, and the CIA House Committee. The reports took over a year

William Howard Taft was a fat, sluggish, passive, and slow president. He ate thousands of calories in a day. He allowed his government to make decisions that he did not like just because he did not care to speak up. He died of cardiovascular disease due to a lifetime of unhealthy eating and obesity. This information paints a picture of the president as an ineffective leader with severe health issues and a sign on his back that reads “IMPEACH ME”.

At the time, Ronald Reagan was president. He saw the Contras as anti-communists and wanted to find a way to support them. Reagan funded the Contras in Nicaragua because they were fighting a government that was immensely shaped by the communists. Reagan’s beliefs came from the Reagan Doctrine, which explains that it’s a strategy that is believed that is you support

The main debates between historians/commentators on the subject (US intervention mainly responsible for Nicaraguan Revolution) – “During the 1980s both the FSLN and the Contras received large amounts of aid from the Cold War super-powers, respectively, the Soviet Union and the United States” (Uppsala Conflict Data

Nicaragua is a country that has been through a lot of revolutionary blood, sweat, and tears. The sad part is that the revolution was a battle of brothers, the Samoza family who were the family that were the political power and the Sandinistas the rebel group. Things really changed when the US interfered, their primary objective was to prevent the spread communism across Latin America instead of ensuring the safety of the Nicaraguan people. In this case the Sandinistas were who were strongly influenced by Marxist ideology were trying to accomplish a few things, avenge the death of their leader Sandino and to help improve the standard of living of the Nicaraguan people who much of whom lived in poverty. Nicaragua has always been a nation of

Ana Montes did not agree with the United States imposing its values and its political system on Cuba. Furthermore, Montes believed that it was her duty to defend the Cubans from the American government. Montes provided Cuba with the location of four United States intelligence officers and with other pertinent information. Moreover, she informed Cuba about a United States “special access program and provided Cuba information about the United States uncovering the locations of Cuban military installations.” By all means, Montes was quite clever.

Like a small remora riding upon a migrating blue whale, my first mission trip to the Chinandega district felt as though I was far removed from the regularities of life. Organized by my father in hopes of providing medical care to a people that had been continually abused, the journey that followed changed my life on a echelon I didn 't believe to be possible. Once the inevitable culture shock had passed, I saw beyond the rampant poverty and onwards to the inspiring stories of the resilient citizens of this nation. Daniel Ortega, a corrupt dictator who shares my given name and not much more, was the primary reason behind Nicaragua’s economic hardship. While the majority of Nicaraguans found themselves destitute, the fortunate few who drew Ortega’s favor became exceedingly wealthy.

The Argentina dirty war took place between 1976-1979. The Dirty War in Argentina started after a military junta overthrew President Isabel Martínez de Perón and established a military dictatorship. The military dictatorship took over the country, and ran rampant, doing anything they wanted to. The military seized people from the streets, they were likely to never be seen again. As more evidence of human and civil rights violations came to light, The relatives of the disappeared formed a group called the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and held a demonstration that brought international attention to the government-sponsored terrorism.

Under the command of the Dulles Brothers America looked to "willfully and systematically proceed to crush" the third world's "aspirations for the sake of control" (Norouzi 1). The Basic Concepts of International Relations and Foreign Policy are reflected in the details of the United States intervention in the political affairs of Guatemala and Iran in the early 1950s, to a great extent and in may ways. The era in which the Dulles Brothers were heads of the CIA and Secretary of State departments helped define the time after the Second World War. They also greatly influenced America's foreign policy for decades to come.

In the bloody aftermath, what good are these documents and what propose do they serve? For one, the documents can promote clairvoyance in the governments of today, in order to prevent the same atrocities. The Guatemalan governments human rights office, the Procuraduría de Derechos Humanos found around seventy– five million pages of Guatemala’s National Police documents from the time of the Dirty Wars. It is important to understand that the Guatemalan government in the past has not been as helpful as the United States government when it came to handing out federal documents. From the instant the Guatemalans and guerrilla forces signed their peace accord, the people of Guatemala have been in a constant struggled with their government to recover

All of these questions and more are answered, or contemplated, throughout a series of twelve episodes that dive straight into the facts, the evidence, and the holes in each suspect 's

The FBI assigned Hemingway, to create an intelligence team that would soon become known as the “Crooks Factory.” The team that Hemingway put together was to expose the Spanish loyalist in Cuba that were helping to coordinate attacks in the Caribbean.(Wagner-Martin. Pg. 36) During Hemingway’s time

Many experts confirm Salvador Allende’s downfall as a result of American intervention in 1973, as proven by evidence of Henry Kissinger’s instructions that “Allende be overthrown by a coup” . However, there are a few historians who go on to retort this argument in proposition of a more detrimental cause behind Allende’s fall, that is, internal factors that were main propellants of social unrest (with, namely, the local militia and conservatives in the government to be blamed as well as Allende’s own incompetency as president) that ultimately drove Allende to his fall. Therefore, historians argue over the extent of the role foreign intervention played in Allende’s downfall. After the presidential election in 1970, the U.S. government and CIA had panicked over the start of a possible rise