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Filomena Lopez, the mother of a former Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance "Contra" fighter, walks past a sign the reads "Ronald Reagan , the Nicaraguan Resistence Movement thanks you and will always remember you" outside of Catedral Metropolitana in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua.
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"When the Sandinistas finally agreed, under pressure from the Contras, to hold elections in 1990, American liberals were sure the Reagan Doctrine would be discredited once and for all. Instead, the candidate of the democratic opposition, Violeta Chamorro, won in a landslide -- and another outpost of the Evil Empire gave way to freedom."
-- Boston Herald, November 13, 2003
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A condolence book for the death of former President Ronald Reagan is seen inside the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua.
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A photograph of former President Ronald Reagan is displayed during a mass in his honor at Catedral Metropolitana in Managua.
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