contras
/ˈkɑntrəz/
noun
- Members of a right-wing rebel group that fought against the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the 1980s.
- Many contras were former soldiers of the National Guard under the previous regime.
- The contras received support from the United States during the Nicaraguan civil war.
- Historians still debate the role of the contras in the conflict.