Description
Reports, memoranda, clippings, and other printed matter relating to political conditions and civil war in Nicaragua.
Background
Enrique Bermúdez Varela was the founder, and for ten years the top official military commander, of the Fuerza Democrática
Nicaragüense (FDN-Northern Front), also known as the contras. In that capacity, he and more overtly political leaders, (including Alfonso Robelo, Adolfo Calero, and Arturo Cruz,) met
with United States president Ronald Reagan and other top officials. The contras' opposed the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), or Sandinista, government.
Extent
4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(2.0 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.