Us Involvement
Cuba was giving weapons to the Nicaraguan government to help attacks and sabotages in El Salvador. This caused the U.S. to send secret police called the CIA to try to dispose Nicaraguan Government. Also, U.S began to give training to marines creating the Contras. The Contras start a war against the Sandinista, the socialist government of Nicaragua. Nicaragua charged the U.S for military aggression and brought the U.S to the World Court. The U.S was found guilty but were not charged because "the U.S. was too powerful". An amendment was passed that U.S would stop funding of the Contras, but this amendment was broken with the Iran- Contra Affair. Then the U.S began an "economic boycott"(ww2sunysuffolk.edu). This boycott hurt the Nicaraguan economy and caused Sandinista resistance in Nicaragua . As result of the Sandinista Resistance, a new non Sandinista ruler was elected officially ending Sandinista rule.