https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg Country Overview en-us 2019-04-17 21:45:02 UTC 2019-04-23 13:04:00 UTC hello@padlet.com ericwawrz https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352438050 -Leftists
-Introduced land reform
-Wanted to help poor
-Their actions angered the wealthy

]]> 2019-04-17 21:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352438050 ericwawrz https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352438190 -Joined Sandinistas at young age
-Joined resistance against Somoza
-Received guerrilla warfare training form Fidel Castro
-Won presidential election
-Gov. was supported by Sandinistas

]]> 2019-04-17 21:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352438190 ericwawrz https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352438871 -Political scandal in US
-Officials sold arms to Iran
-Funded Contras in Nicaragua
-Boland Amendment banned funding of Contras
-Justification of sales were to save 7 American hostages
-Arms were supposed to go through Israel]]> 2019-04-17 21:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352438871 ericwawrz https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352439653 -Over threw Somoza regime 
-Bloody affair
-Contra War in 80s took thousands of lives
-Contras: Rightist collection       FSLN: Leftist collection
-Ortega came to power 
-Contra War ended by signing of Tela Accord
-Aleman came to power after Ortega was voted out
-Ortega re won election in 2006

]]> 2019-04-17 22:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352439653 ericwawrz https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352440179 - American pressure in early 80s  pushed Contras to sabotage 
- Changes over power caused unrest
-Division in society between leftists and rightist
-Foreign influence began grabbing a hold.

]]> 2019-04-17 22:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352440179 ericwawrz https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352440704 -Forbid trade between US and Nicaragua
-No ships or planes in or out
-Ronald Regan declared embargo
-Violated international law
-US laid mines in Nicaraguan waters
-Had to pay reparations ]]> 2019-04-17 22:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352440704 ericwawrz https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352441423 -Economic and political crisis
-Venezuela pulled financial aid
-Ortega announced he was cutting social security benefits
-People took to the streets
-Violence broke out in response
-Ortega and party accused of human rights violations]]> 2019-04-17 22:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352441423 ericwawrz https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352442115 -Caused severe corruption
-Created ties to other superpower countries
-Hot bed for political influence
-Wars fueled with left over weapons and money from revolutions

]]> 2019-04-17 22:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/352442115 ericwawrz https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/353332712 How has our influence in Nicaragua effected their countries and countries around them?
Was Reagan right for going back door and trying to fund revolutionaries?
What would be the outcome if the US never  got involved in Nicaragua?]]> 2019-04-23 12:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/353332712 ericwawrz https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/353337240 2019-04-23 13:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ericwawrz/5y9kif3biutg/wish/353337240