@re1n441

this reminds me of Afghanistan too. the US + west allies didn’t like how the USSR was developing the government to be more socialist so they funded anti socialist rebels (tended to be ones who were very muslim and wanted to keep islam) and those rebels became members of the taliban. and now we know how much damage the taliban has done with the weapons from the west

@comraderobespierre

You should also mentions that the contras were funded from crack that was sold in black neigbherhoods xd

@Anti-CornLawLeague

Socialism under the Sandinistas ruined Nicaragua. They’ve had 35 years of peacetime to do so.

@Gama9013

As a black American I’m sorry Nicaragua for our crappy politics.

@Da__goat

Tells only half the story. In 50 years Nicaragua has gone backwards. Gangs, corruption, the works. In 6 years El Salvador is thriving.

@joelp5093

It's way more complicated than this.  You have no idea what the Sandinistas were doing to their opponents before the U.S. stepped in.

@solarion5721

Oh, my Nicaragua. How I wish you were saved from communism and dictators. April 18th was our last attempt at change. The country’s freedom died with the students, with Alvarito Conrado R.I.P. Nobody even talks about it anymore, we were forgotten.

- The Students that fought the government.

@TukwilaRed1974

It wasn’t a fight between the US and the Soviet Union. It was fight between the United States and any country in the world that thought it could make its own decisions. We still live in that world.

@SHDW-nf2ki

Casually skipping over Oliver North allowing the Contras to bring crack cocaine into America to fund their fight

@joeroth4488

What happened to 60 second cities

@dianabalto

Thanks to Jimmy Carter, he supported the Sandinistas

@nachobehar2209

And USA wants to continue doing like that.

@gabrielrussell5531

The Contras are exactly what you picture when someone says "Latin-American paramilitary death squad".

@SamS-k2z

Me (indian): Samosa dictatorship ? But samosa is a food

@anthonymannetta5311

What would have been the consequences of no western backed confrontations with the communists had the west not intervened through out the years?

@dgransultanaumdfederationa6661

🔼 SAMOSA DICTATORSHIP 🔼

@kaneosaki2350

Didn’t Oliver North and Ronald Reagan continue to support the Contras even after congress said not too

@SyedOwais-c8q

"samosa dictatorship"

@USERNAME0404

Ollie North

@blackstormer95

And I’m here just being a chill guy on a country with no army, the best education of LATAM and free healthcare 🇨🇷