The Energy of Empire 9. Nicaragua -  ‘When history is written, the Contras will be folk heroes’

The Energy of Empire 9. Nicaragua - ‘When history is written, the Contras will be folk heroes’

The United States now moved to block the Nicaraguan government from putting down the rebellion. They employed the same tactic that had been used in Hawaii twenty-seven years earlier, forbidding the Nicaraguan soldiers from firing on the rebels for fear they might hit American civilians. US Warships then deployed Marines to enforce this order.

The quote, ‘When history is written, the contras will be folk heroes’ is from Elliot Abrams, Ronald Reagan’s Assistant Secretary of State and major architect of the war with Nicaragua.

Sources

Stephen Kinzer’s Overthrow

http://stephenkinzer.com/2013/09/overthrow-americas-century-of-regime-change-from-hawaii-to-iraq/

And Blood of Brothers

http://stephenkinzer.com/2013/09/blood-of-brothers-life-and-war-in-nicaragua/

John Pilger's documentary: Nicaragua, a Nation's Right to Survive

http://johnpilger.com/videos/nicaragua-a-nations-right-to-survive

Frontline documentary, War on Nicaragua,

https://odysee.com/@TheExpos%C3%A9:6/frontline-war-on-nicaragua-(1987):6

Debate on Political Crisis & Violent Deaths in Nicaragua: Camilo Mejía vs. Julio Martinez Ellsberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcdcpqqNdjQ

Music

Nicaragua Nicaraguita, by Carlos Mejía Godoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp7-nWslZe0

The Essence of Anarchy, book available now:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SN1X3HL

Contemplating Conspiracy, book available now:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WNDZCP3

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