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The Republic of Nicaragua v. The United States of America (1986) [2] was a case where the International Court of Justice (ICJ) held that the U.S. had violated international law by supporting the Contras in their rebellion against the Sandinistas and by mining Nicaragua's harbors.
The manual was one of the issues the International Court of Justice (IJC) analyzed in the Nicaragua v. United States 1986 ICJ 1 case. The court's jurisdiction for this case was disputed by the United States, an issue that has never been resolved.
Finally, to support "the U.S. goal of a democratic and pluralistic government in Nicaragua" a number of guidelines for covert action were presented, focusing on political and economic efforts (and not covert paramilitary action): "A. Encourage moderate groups in the GNR by publicizing both in Nicaragua and in the International Community, their ...
Senator John Kerry's 1988 Committee on Foreign Relations report on Contra drug links concluded that "senior U.S. policy makers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras' funding problems". [75] The Reagan administration's support for the Contras continued to stir controversy well into the 1990s.
After a week of demonstration, the peaceful protesters were attacked by paramilitary groups associated with the Sandinista Youth, [15] while police had moved back only moments before. [16] Later, to calm down the protests, concessions to the pensioners were made by president Daniel Ortega to supply a reduced pension. [17]
Nicaragua's Foreign Ministry referred to the highest Catholic institution as the "depraved, pedophile Vatican State," saying it "allies with forces of darkness, barbarism, genocide and evil ...
Nicaragua has a small military force with only 9,412 members as of 2010. This number includes 1,500 officers (16%), 302 non-commissioned officers (3%), and 7,610 troops (81%). [19] This relatively small armed force is supported by an extremely small $41 million-dollar defense budget (2010). [20]
The freshly elected government of President Carlos José Solórzano requested that the U.S. Marines (equally interested in central control) remain in Nicaragua until an indigenous internal security force could be trained; for that effect, the Nicaraguan government hired in 1925 a retired U.S. General to help set up a new paramilitary ...