History of the United States II / Unit 16 USH2 2286 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Peace in Nicaragua
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The idea
The American preoccupation with Nicaragua began to fade in nineteen eighty-seven, after Costa Rica's president, Oscar Arias, proposed a regional peace plan, Digital History records.
In practice
Nicaraguan voters in nineteen ninety routing the Sandinistas at the polls.
Where people slip
Digital History says the vote ended ten turbulent years of Sandinista rule.
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