An Innocent Company

Protagonist

CIA / Pacific Gulf / Contras

Period

1981-1990

Nature

Secret war

Main location

Corinto, Nicaragua · Nicaragua

MICE motive

Ego — wounded pride

Under the cover of a maritime company (Pacific Gulf), the CIA supported the Contras against the Sandinista regime: the sabotage of the port of Corinto (1983) and the mining of Nicaraguan harbours (1984). Ten years of civil war, and an international condemnation of the United States.