US Involvement In Nicaragua In The Twentieth Century

U.S involvement in the late twentieth century was persistent and frequent. There are 24/twenty four examples that embody U.S. involvement in other countries. One of those examples includes Nicaragua. The United States became involved in Nicaragua in the early 1980’s and began to deepen our relationship with the people in the late 1980’s. That relationship, however, was not a very healthy one.

The U.S. began to take notice of an investment opportunity, towards the Nicaraguan government, during the late 1970’s due to a civil war between the Somoza government and the Sandinos Rebels. The Somoza government highly favored the social elites, or the wealthy class, and oppressed the rest of the population. Since the social elites only made up about 1% of the total population, the whole populace of Nicaragua aborted against the Somoza government. Social elites began to buy, sell, and trade citizens of Nicaragua with each other as if they were slaves(Ja_mageia). The rich class also bought up a multitude of land and converted the food crops to cotton crops. This caused a huge decline in the food capacity

They noticed that there was an opportunity to formulate a capitalist favored government in the middle of the Nicaraguan Civil War. These contras took over a significant part of Nicaragua and began to gain some support from citizens. A huge controversy arose from the funding of the contra rebels called the Iran-Contra Affair. President Ronald Reagan and several top-level CIA officials were investigated for this Affair. The United States government was selling arms to Iranian rebels and using the money that was made for the funding of the Contra Rebels in Nicaragua(Iran-Contra Affair). Eventually President Reagan was found innocent but several top-level CIA officials were found guilty, but they were only sentenced to a couple years in prison(Understanding the Iran-Contra