In the past, the Nicaraguan army has denied the existence of rearmed rebels, insisting they are “common delinquents.” But that argument is getting harder to defend. Former contra leader Oscar ...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) – Adolfo Calero, who led the largest force of U.S.-backed rebels against Nicaragua’s Sandinista government in the 1980s and found himself entangled in the Iran-Contra scandal, ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov.