✦ History

Nicaraguan Revolution

1961 – February 1, 1990 · Managua

Struggle in Nicaragua in which the Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1979, then fought the US-backed Contras until the 1990 election.

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Key people

Anastasio Somoza Debayle head of state/government Daniel Ortega leader

Participants

Strength and losses

All
Killed 42,000–78,000
Strength
Nicaragua 15,000

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