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🇳🇮 As a consequence of its geographical location, abundant fertile lands, fresh water and gold deposits, #Nicaragua has repeatedly fallen victim to US aggression since the middle of the XIX century.
Armed invasions, annexation attempts, creation of puppet oligarch-feudal governments and sponsorship of military dictatorships and armed coups followed one after another.
After Daniel Ortega was elected president in 1984, the United States imposed a trade embargo on Nicaragua followed by the Iran-Contra scandal when it became clear that the CIA was selling arms to Iran (in violation of the UN blockade) and using the proceeds to support the Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary guerrillas aka Contras.
Washington never recognised this judgment, but on June 27, 1986, the UN International Court of Justice ruled as follows in Nicaragua vs. the United States of America case:
• Participating in the training, arming, equipping, financing, and supplying of the Contras forces, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its international obligation not to interfere in the affairs of another;
• The United States, through a series of attacks on Nicaraguan territory between 1983 and 1984, acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its international obligation not to use force against another state;
• By directing or authorising overflights over Nicaraguan territory and committing the above acts, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its obligation not to violate the sovereignty of another state;
• By laying mines in the internal or territorial waters of the Republic of Nicaragua in the early months of 1984, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its obligations;
• By issuing a manual entitled Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare in 1983 and distributing it to the Contras, the United States encouraged them to commit acts that run counter to general principles of humanitarian law.
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🇳🇮 As a consequence of its geographical location, abundant fertile lands, fresh water and gold deposits, #Nicaragua has repeatedly fallen victim to US aggression since the middle of the XIX century.
Armed invasions, annexation attempts, creation of puppet oligarch-feudal governments and sponsorship of military dictatorships and armed coups followed one after another.
After Daniel Ortega was elected president in 1984, the United States imposed a trade embargo on Nicaragua followed by the Iran-Contra scandal when it became clear that the CIA was selling arms to Iran (in violation of the UN blockade) and using the proceeds to support the Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary guerrillas aka Contras.
Washington never recognised this judgment, but on June 27, 1986, the UN International Court of Justice ruled as follows in Nicaragua vs. the United States of America case:
• Participating in the training, arming, equipping, financing, and supplying of the Contras forces, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its international obligation not to interfere in the affairs of another;
• The United States, through a series of attacks on Nicaraguan territory between 1983 and 1984, acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its international obligation not to use force against another state;
• By directing or authorising overflights over Nicaraguan territory and committing the above acts, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its obligation not to violate the sovereignty of another state;
• By laying mines in the internal or territorial waters of the Republic of Nicaragua in the early months of 1984, the United States acted against the Republic of Nicaragua in violation of its obligations;
• By issuing a manual entitled Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare in 1983 and distributing it to the Contras, the United States encouraged them to commit acts that run counter to general principles of humanitarian law.
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📆 #OTD in 1945, Japanese city of Nagasaki was completely obliterated by the second A-bombing, carried out by the US.
The attack on Nagasaki occurred just three days after the US carried out the world's first ever atomic bombing in Hiroshima. The bomb that hit Nagasaki, known as “Fat Man”, destroyed most of the city and killed tens of thousands of people instantly.
❗️ Approximately 74.000 people died from the bombing and its after-effects by the end of 1945.
☝️ This act had no military significance, as Japan was already doomed to a defeat, but was rather a show of force by the US and an operational test of nuclear weapons on civilians.
#Hiroshima #AtomicBomb #USCrimes
The attack on Nagasaki occurred just three days after the US carried out the world's first ever atomic bombing in Hiroshima. The bomb that hit Nagasaki, known as “Fat Man”, destroyed most of the city and killed tens of thousands of people instantly.
❗️ Approximately 74.000 people died from the bombing and its after-effects by the end of 1945.
☝️ This act had no military significance, as Japan was already doomed to a defeat, but was rather a show of force by the US and an operational test of nuclear weapons on civilians.
#Hiroshima #AtomicBomb #USCrimes