In the past, the Nicaraguan army has denied the existence of rearmed rebels, insisting they are “common delinquents.” But that argument is getting harder to defend. Former contra leader Oscar ...

After months of lying low, Nicaragua’s contra rebels are on the attack once more. Last week, in action more vigorous than any seen in a year, the guerrillas staged a quick series of assaults that were ...

SAN BENITO, Nicaragua -- As a young insurgent fighting to overturn Nicaragua's Marxist-led Sandinista revolution during the 1980s, Martín Laguna chose the alias "Comandante Amargura," Spanish for ...

Nicaragua’s Sandinista government, which started as a rag-tag rebel group that came to power in 1979 by toppling the U.S.-backed Somoza dynasty, spent its first decade battling U.S.-backed ...

With the blue and white United Nations flag flying over a sun-drenched parade ground, 260 Nicaraguan rebels surrendered their weapons to a U.N. peacekeeping force Monday. It was the first time that ...

Former members of the Contra guerrillas who fought Nicaragua's Sandinista government in the 1980s are demanding back pay for their efforts from the U.S. government. The CIA helped organize and train ...