Significant1981 – 1990 · 9 years

Contra War (Nicaragua)

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Nicaragua · Honduras

Estimated casualties

30Ksingle estimate · no range published

US-backed Contra guerrillas fought Sandinista government. Ended with Sandinista electoral defeat and Contra disarmament.

Belligerents3

Nicaragua
United States
Honduras

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Contra War (Nicaragua) (1981 – 1990). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/americas-contra-war-1981 · Sources & methodology