Includes handwritten documents, memoranda, press releases, rosters, personnel records, statistics, financial records, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, computer printouts, various manifestos, and photographs relating to Resistencia Nicaragüense Ejército and guerrilla military operations in Nicaragua, financing and supply of guerrilla forces, medical care and administration of justice in guerrilla-controlled areas, truce violations following the end of the war, and Nicaraguan refugees in Honduras. Includes Communist International (Comintern) correspondence and materials relating to communist movements in Central America during the 20th century. Collection includes records of Resistencia Nicaragüense Ejército's predecessor, Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense. Includes video interviews and recorded audio of former revolutionaries, Marxists, Contras, political activists, combatants, academicians, ambassadors, and members of NATO, the UN, and other organizations. They represent several countries, including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Cuba, the United States, Canada, France, Thailand, the Philippines, and the Netherlands. Many documents also on microfilm.

Nicaraguan resistance army engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua.

130 manuscript boxes (54.2 Linear Feet)

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Microfilm use only; originals closed in part. Reels 1-44 (of a portion of the collection) available. Users must sign use agreement.