#Cold War

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Anastasio Somoza Anastasio Somoza Debayle was the dictator of Nicaragua whose family ruled the country for forty-six years until the Sandinista revolution in July 1979, after which his dispersed National Guard officers became the founding cadre of the Contras.

Contras Nicaraguan rebel groups organized and funded by the CIA to overthrow the Sandinista government, composed largely of former Somoza National Guard officers and implicated extensively in cocaine trafficking throughout the 1980s war.
Propaganda 2 Propaganda 2 (P2) was a fascist secret society linked to the Golpe Borghese coup attempt a decade earlier.

Operation Gladio Operation Gladio was a post-World War II effort by NATO bloc spy agencies to suppress the dialectic swing away from fascism towards left-leaning political movements in Europe.
Project MKUltra Project MKUltra was a top-secret, illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Korean War 1950-1953 conflict between North and South Korea that involved U.S. intelligence programs and connections to later covert operations in Southeast Asia.
U-2 Incident 1960 shooting down of an American U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union, causing a major diplomatic crisis and collapse of the Paris Summit.

Mind Control Mind control as a field of intelligence research emerged from the CIA program MKUltra, which sought to discover effective methods of modifying human behavior to create brainwashed operatives.

Afghanistan Afghanistan is a country in Central Asia that was the site of a significant conflict involving the Soviet Union and the Mujahideen. It is also mentioned as one of the countries whose economies are dependent on the drug trade.[^1]
China China is a country in East Asia. During the Cold War, it was a significant player in global geopolitics, often viewed as a rival or potential ally by both the United States and the Soviet Union.[^1]
Nicaragua Central American nation ruled by the Somoza family dictatorship for forty-six years until the Sandinista revolution in 1979, after which it became the battleground for the CIA-backed Contra war.
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
U.S. Embassy in Moscow The U.S. Embassy in Moscow was the diplomatic mission of the United States to the Soviet Union (and later Russia). It became a focal point of Cold War espionage and a significant location in the history of U.S.