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Contras, Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries opposed to the Sandinistas.
La Contra, short for "the counter-revolution," waged by the Contras.
Contra, a Swiss village in the municipality of Tenero-Contra.
Contra, a Canadian electronic musician.
Contra, a punk band from Long Island, New York
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U.S. officials were also active in drawing the various Contra groups together in June 1985 as the United Nicaraguan Opposition under the leadership of Calero, Arturo Cruz and Alfonso Robelo, all former members of the original Sandinista cadre: after its dissolution early in 1987, the Nicaraguan Resistance (RN) was organised along similar lines (May 1987).
The effort to support the Contras was one component of the so-called Reagan Doctrine, championed by American conservatives, which called for providing U.S. military support to movements opposing Soviet-supported, communist-led governments.
The Contras (Spanish contrarevolucionario, "counter-revolutionary") were the armed opponents of Nicaragua'sSandinista government following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio SomozaDebayle and the ending of the Somoza family's 43-year rule.
The Contras were considered terrorists by the Sandinistas and many Nicaraguans, and many of their attacks targeted civilians.
The earliest Contra groups formed in 1980-1981 in Honduras, Nicaragua's northern neighbour, allying in August 1981 as the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense, FDN) under the command of former National Guard (army) colonel Enrique Bermúdez.
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