Nicaraguan Contra War operation
also: Nicaraguan secret war, project against the Sandinistas, covert actions
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Claims (3)
CIA funded
Nicaraguan Contra War book_quoted
“and the people that backed Pol Pot. Initially, only small amounts were involved, starting at 5 million and rising only about half. The one count has Casey contemplating up to $12 million, not far from the initial funding of the Nicaraguan p…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 43 (45) @ 18:32
CIA recruited
Nicaraguan Contra War book_quoted
“Here, the secret warriors had their chance to wage an all-out paramilitary campaign. Here, the CIA, special warfare forces, the regular military, and the instruments of American economic power were combined to pressure a small third-world c…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 43 (45) @ 30:23
Jimmy Carter funded
Nicaraguan Contra War book_quoted
“back into the country thinking that they're going to somehow overtake it just because they're being supplied by the CIA. Officials had talked about a mixed economy. President Carter approved a finding for a project against the Sandinistas i…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 43 (45) @ 34:24
Mentions (11)
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The Iranian arms deal, together with the events simultaneously occurring in Nicaragua, ignited a firestorm during the Reagan presidency. Three hostages were released, Reverend Benjamin Ware, Father Lawrence Jenko, and David Jacobson. Reagan…
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and the people that backed Pol Pot. Initially, only small amounts were involved, starting at 5 million and rising only about half. The one count has Casey contemplating up to $12 million, not far from the initial funding of the Nicaraguan p…
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under Reverend Moon's stay-behind units from Korea. That Langley could not find local recruits said everything. More than 50 covert operations were reported in progress in 1984, half in Central and South America, including both paramilitary…
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Projects in Europe can be judged successfully except for the impact of the CIA political action in election interference and everything else. In Russia, where democracy has yet to become fully established, the CIA helped sharpen the Soviet …
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Here, the secret warriors had their chance to wage an all-out paramilitary campaign. Here, the CIA, special warfare forces, the regular military, and the instruments of American economic power were combined to pressure a small third-world c…
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and parapolitical action. Washington had every advantage. Casey's excitement is all the more remarkable because the secret warriors divided over whether the covert actions were feasible or even necessary. Analysts like Robert Pasture and An…
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of Somoza's rule and how passionate the Sandinistas were to get rid of him because he was a criminal dictator that was supporting the rampant drug flow through Nicaragua. Managua's new rulers did nothing to jeopardize U.S. interests in the …
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The secret warriors, particularly after Chile, better knew the danger of action taken on shaky policy grounds. Those in charge of Nicaraguan's government, which came to power in 1979 at the head of a popular revolution that deposed Somoza, …
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back into the country thinking that they're going to somehow overtake it just because they're being supplied by the CIA. Officials had talked about a mixed economy. President Carter approved a finding for a project against the Sandinistas i…
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drug trafficking haven, and terrorist training camp that the CIA used all through this time. The matter of Cuba was central to the rationale for every single covert action taken against Nicaragua. We can't have another Cuba. Prodded by the …
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excuse me, Latin America. So we're going to find Cubans everywhere. Nestor Sanchez, then Latin America division chief at the CIA, proceeded without haste, trying to expose or create a connection of the Sandinistas to Cuba. Stansfield Turner…