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Nicaraguan Revolution
Iran–Contra affairIn November 1979, Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 66 Americans hostage. President Jimmy Carter imposed an arms embargo on Iran…
ContrasIn July 1979, the FSLN took control of the capital Managua after weeks of heavy fighting. The president at the time, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, fled the…
Nicaraguan RevolutionIn 1937, Anastasio Somoza García seized power in Nicaragua following a U.S. occupation that had lasted from 1912 to 1933.