What specifically was the Reaganite Terrorist Campain on Nicaragua?

Question

My understanding is that when the US backed dictator was overthrown Regan's Administration interfered by backing Nicaragua terrorists to put country in ruin and give US back power.

Answer 1

U.S. President Carter initially hoped that continued American aid to the new government would keep the Sandinistas from forming a doctrinaire Marxist-Leninist government aligned with the Soviet bloc. Given past American support for the long rule of the Somoza family, though, and the committed Marxist ideology of the ruling FSLN government (many of the leading Sandinista had long-standing relationships with the Soviet Union and Cuba), Carter's approach made little sense. The Carter administration allotted the Sandinistas minimal funding to start them off, but the Sandinistas resolutely turned away from the U.S. and, with Cuban and East European help, built up an army of 75,000. The buildup included T-55 heavy tanks, heavy artillery and HIND attack helicopters, an unprecedented military buildup that made the Sandinista Army more powerful than all of its neighbors combined. The Soviets also pledged to provide MiG 21 fighters, but, to the annoyance of the Sandinistas, the aircraft were never delivered.