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Boland Amendments  

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  • The three Boland amendments sought to limit the military or paramilitary assistance offered by U.S. governmental agencies to the rebels of Nicaragua—the Contras—in overthrowing the left-leaning Sandinista government. The first attempted to prevent a possible war between Nicaragua and Honduras. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Boland Amendments]

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