Nicaraguan Democratic Union organization
also: UDN, Union Democrat Nicaragua
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Wrong plan. So, set up the Contras, who, according to the CIA, fought a popular Sandinista government. In Miami, conservative labor leader, Jose Francisco Cardinal, and others formed the UDN, Union Democrat Nicaragua.…
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Another group had closer ties to Somoza. The 5th of September Legion of several hundred National Guard veterans drew its name from the 1821 date of Nicaraguan's independence from Spain. The Legion, formed in May of 81, was said to be financ…
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The UDN, the Legion, and other small groups needed to form an alliance. This union produced the FDN. Further meetings followed in Miami, where Argentine Colonel Jose Alas, using the name Julio Velargas, told the Nicaraguans a three-way agre…
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who the CIA already controls. Funding at this early date was given to the Miami-based Nicaraguan Democratic Union, the UDN, which was led by Francisco Cardinal, who agreed to join the newly formed Nicaraguan Democratic Force, which was call…