The rebel forces that fought against the Nicaraguan government during the Reagan years were called Contras.
Explanation:
Contras is a gathering term for the anti-communist guerrilla movements in Nicaragua that waged a civil war against the government of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990. Contras were formed when Nicaragua's president and dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle was overthrown in July 1979 by the Marxist-Leninist Sandinista movement. The term Contras was used extensively in American news media to denote a variety of armed groups that were opposed to the Sandinistas who had little or nothing ideologically in common and some of whom had supported the revolution against Somoza. The United States supported Contras financially. They were accused of using torture and of murdering civilians. This was strongly criticized by people in Nicaragua as well as by foreign human rights groups.
