At the end of Nicaragua's civil war, Juan Gregorio Rodriguez traded his life as a Contra rebel for that of auto mechanic in Florida. He kept in touch with other rebels and supported their political ...

It’s been almost 30 years since the Iran-contra scandal, but for some in the Nicaraguan highlands the war has never ended. Rebel fighters in the Central American nation’s forested mountains are once ...

Stung by a congressional cutoff of U.S. aid, top civilian leaders of the Nicaraguan contras made ”an urgent plea” for donations directly to the American public Monday. They also announced that a ...

The agreement signed at a summit here last week by five Central American presidents effectively turns the Nicaraguan contras into a refugee problem, paving the way for the final disintegration of the ...

Editor's note: This article is part of the in-depth series "Nicaragua Rewind," a look at whether the Central American country is repeating its troubled past under the second coming of Sandinista ...

Few ordinary Americans still consider the contras, the Nicaraguan anti-Communist rebels of the 1980s, much of a hot topic. But American leftists, especially among the Democrats of Washington, D.C., ...

A group calling itself the “Armed Forces for National Salvation” has claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on government supporters in Nicaragua, adding weight to claims that armed groups that ...

With the blue and white United Nations flag flying over a sun-drenched parade ground, 260 Nicaraguan rebels surrendered their weapons to a U.N. peacekeeping force Monday. It was the first time that ...

After the mysterious death of a Contra leader in February, armed groups have reportedly emerged to declare war against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. As the election season approaches, the ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – 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, has ...

Bowing to international pressure, the Nicaraguan Contras have softened their opposition to demobilization and promise to disband as soon as their security and economic needs are negotiated, according ...

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