Contra

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• Administration officials also used their influence to encourage the contras to disarm and not impede the transition.

  Academic text (1991)

• During the 1980s, the contras fought against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

• Other important actors excluded from the transition agreement were contra leaders.

  Academic text (1990)

• The possibility of contra reprisals against Sandinista supporters was very real following the elections.

  Academic text (1990)

• After an initial unwillingness by the contra leadership to demobilize, a definitive agreement was finally reached on 30 May 1990.

  Academic text (1990)

• In exchange for laying down arms, the contras were promised access to special financial assistance, development projects, and economic ventures.

  Academic text (1990)

• Moreover, it also affirmed the government-elect's determination to bring about a definitive end to the contra war.

  Academic text (1990)

• For conservative Republicans, Bush obtained $49.7 million in "humanitarian aid" for the contras, and he promised not to abandon them.

  Academic text (1991)

• Highly suspicious of Sandinista intentions in the aftermath of the elections, contra leaders were openly hostile to the government's more conciliatory policies.

  Academic text (1990)

• "The anti-communist rebels known as the "contras”... an army founded and funded by the CIA.

  Kill the Messenger (2014)

Compounds

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contra danse

• US

1 9.9

A traditional dance where couples form two facing lines and follow a set of steps

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Etymology