1990: Nicaragua

Archives consist of articles that originally appeared in Collier's Year Book (for events of 1997 and earlier) or as monthly updates in Encarta Yearbook (for events of 1998 and later). Because they were published shortly after events occurred, they reflect the information available at that time. Cross references refer to Archive articles of the same year.

This year brought changes greater than any Nicaragua had witnessed since the revolution of 1979. Presidential and legislative elections in February saw the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front voted out of office, and by midyear the rebel contras were demobilized. The Sandinistas, however,... ...