Question

Dorothy Granada founded a clinic in this country’s town of Mulukukú after moving as part of Witness for Peace. The National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty was one of the ways in which Carl Channell supported one group in this country, where ABC reporter Bill Stewart was killed on film by the National Guard. After the editor of this country’s La Prensa newspaper was assassinated, his widow served on the five-member (*) Junta of National Reconstruction. Dewey (-5[1])Clarridge was indicted (10[1])over a scheme to send funds to this country that violated the Boland (10[2])Amendment. (10[1])Jimmy Carter denied (-5[1])asylum to this country’s dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle (“duh-BYE-lay”), who was opposed by the Chamorro family. For ten points, name this Central American country whose rebels were funded in the Iran-Contra (10[1])affair. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Nicaragua [or Republic of Nicaragua or República de Nicaragua]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>
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Derrick LiuJHU BRIT76-5
Julian BushlowCornell BJohn Jay7910
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Jack RadoColumbia BUMD B9310
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