Word: nicaraguan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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COVER STORIES THE 8IRANSCAM 8TRAIL8 This chronology of the Reagan Administration's involvement in arms sales to Iran and the secret funding of the Nicaraguan CONTRAS is based on testimony by public officials, details that sources have disclosed to TIME, and reliable newspaper and television reports...
Following congressional restrictions on contra funding, NSC Aide Oliver North reportedly devises a plan to use private U.S. citizens and other countries to funnel aid to the Nicaraguan rebel forces. President Reagan is said to approve the plan, although former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane last week denied the existence of such a plot...
...have wandered in and out of Honduras, looking for the rebel forces known as contras. And for most of that time, the Honduran military has looked the other way. On Dec. 6, however, Honduran President Jose Azcona Hoyo shattered that arrangement by ordering his air force to strafe the Nicaraguan positions inside the country. Later that day, Azcona summoned U.S. Ambassador Everett Briggs and urgently appealed for U.S. logistical support. President Reagan responded promptly, authorizing an airlift. Last week U.S. troops flying twin- rotor Chinooks and Huey helicopters ferried hundreds of Honduran soldiers to within 20 miles of the Nicaraguan...
Hasenfus was the only survivor when the Sandinistas shot down his plane over southern Nicaragua. He said he was working as a cargo handler on the flight. Two other Americans and a Nicaraguan died in the crash...
...Ortega's request, the Nicaraguan National Assembly voted to pardon Hasenfus, a process that took only a few hours from the time it was first announced by the Nicaraguan government radio station...