<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Nicaraguan Revolution </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Central American crisis and the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1962--1990 (28 years) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Nicaragua </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> FSLN military victory in 1979 </P> <Ul> <Li> Overthrow of Somoza government </Li> <Li> Insurgency of the Contras </Li> <Li> Electoral victory of the National Opposition Union in 1990 </Li> <Li> FSLN retained most of their executive apparatus </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Somoza government </P> <Ul> <Li> National Guard </Li> </Ul> Contras (1981--90) Supported by: United States Israel Saudi Arabia Honduras Chile Brazil Paraguay Argentina (1961--83) Panama West Germany Pakistan Philippines Iran (Indirectly) </Td> <Td> <P> FSLN </P> <Ul> <Li> EPS </Li> </Ul> Supported by: Libya Soviet Union Cuba East Germany (until 1989) Bulgaria Greece (1982 - 1989) Romania (until 1989) Czechoslovakia Poland Mexico </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anastasio Somoza Debayle Enrique Bermúdez </Td> <Td> Daniel Ortega Carlos Fonseca (1959--1976) † Humberto Ortega Joaquin Cuadra Tomás Borge Eden Pastora (1961--81) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> (1978--79) 10,000 total killed </P> (1981--89) 10,000--43,000 total killed, best estimate using most detailed battle information is 30,000 killed . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Nicaraguan Revolution </Th> </Tr>

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