Word: contra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...broke the law." Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin was railing against the proposal, which the Senate passed by a 78- to-17 vote last week, to restore Oliver North's $23,000 military pension. It was halted after his July conviction for destroying Government documents related to the Iran-contra scandal...
Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto of Nicaragua said before the meeting that key Contra demands would be met if demobilization began by the end of November...
...Contras insist on resumption of the cease-fire President Daniel Ortega ended last week, a general amnesty and a visit by a Contra delegation to Nicaragua to make sure it is safe for the rebels to return...
...Contra military spokesperson Alejandro Acevedo said the U.N. negotiating team led by Contra military commander Enrique Bermudez had recognized the new commission, which includes only one of the former directors, Aristides Sanchez...
Ousted civilian Contra leaders compared the action to a coup...