Oscar Sobalvarro, was 'Comandante Ruben' during Nicaragua's 'Contra' war in the 1980s and briefly became a presidential candidate this week until his party was eliminated by the Supreme Electoral ...

“Yet there is compelling evidence showing that Nicaraguan officers and ... government which fought a decade-long war with the U.S.-backed ‘Contra’ rebels. After peace came in 1990, the ...

Major-General Richard Secord, who has died aged 92, was a highly decorated US Air Force bomber pilot who worked with the CIA ...

Ronald Reagan's efforts to eradicate Communism spanned the globe, but the insurgent Contras' cause in Nicaragua was particularly ... In 1985, while Iran and Iraq were at war, Iran made a secret ...

The story of the Reagan administration’s secret war in Nicaragua, the illegal pipeline, and the Contra drug connection (1987). The court dismissed the case, saying he had not shown they had ...