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False Us Foreign Policy In Contra Costa
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Under the Reagan Doctrine, the United States provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist guerrillas and resistance movements in an effort to "roll back" Soviet-backed pro-communist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
The effort to support the Contras was one component of the Reagan Doctrine, which called for providing military support to movements opposing Soviet-supported, communist governments. By December 1981, the United States had already begun to support armed opponents of the Sandinista government.
As part of the effort to circumvent the Boland Amendment, the NSC established "the Enterprise", an arms-smuggling network headed by a retired U.S. Air Force officer turned arms dealer Richard Secord that supplied arms to the Contras. It was ostensibly a private sector operation, but in fact was controlled by the NSC.
The U.S. justified the intervention by claiming to protect U.S. lives and property. This intervention led to the end of Zelaya's rule and the beginning of U.S. occupation.
The effort to support the Contras was one component of the Reagan Doctrine, which called for providing military support to movements opposing Soviet-supported, communist governments. By December 1981, the United States had already begun to support armed opponents of the Sandinista government.
It is well known that in 1912 the United States intervened in Nicaragua with a large force and put down a revolution, and that from that time to 1925 a legation guard of American Marines was, with the consent of the Nicaragua government, kept in Managua to protect American lives and property.
Various anti-government rebels in Nicaragua were organized into the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, the first Contra group, at the behest of the CIA. The CIA also supplied the Contras with training and equipment, including materials related to torture and assassination.
District Attorney Diana Becton has spent most of her professional career as a judge, lawyer, and manager. In 2017, she was sworn in as the 25th District Attorney for Contra Costa County. Following her appointment from the Board of Supervisors, she was elected to the position in June 2018, and re-elected in June 2022.
Many notable figures came from the area including conservationist John Muir and legendary baseball great Joe DiMaggio. California's first doctor, John Marsh, settled in 1837 on a large land grant that is now called Marsh Creek.
The name signifies “opposite coast,” because of its situation opposite San Francisco, in an easterly direction, on San Francisco Bay.