The visit took place amidst the ongoing Contra war.
Early in the Contra war, the Reagan administration perceived him as a relative moderate who might break with the regime.
Brenes has explained that during the Contra war.
The Contra war unfolded differently in the northern and southern zones of Nicaragua.
Nicaragua's economy was devastated in the 1980s by the Contra War, which saw the destruction of much of the country's infrastructure.
The Sandinistas survived the Contra war thanks to a free lifeline of Soviet oil.
The Contra war ended when the Sandinistas were voted out of power by a war-weary populace in 1990.
During the Contra war, Enriqueta ran literacy classes in some of the most conflict-torn areas of the country.
The strength of the EPS increased steadily during the Contra war in the 1980s.
Blood on the Border: Memoir of the Contra War.
