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The Sandinista government establishes close relations with Cuba and the Soviet Union. The United States, afraid that this move would expand communism in Central America, suspends economic aid to Nicaragua. President Reagan decides to support Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerillas known as Contras. These insurgents establish their bases in Honduras and Costa Rica.
Lech Walesa, leader of the Solidarity Union leads Polish workers in a strike for a 5-day workweek.
Egyptian president Sadat is assassinated by a group of Islamic officers who opposed the Camp David Accords. Hosni Mubarak takes over as president.
General Wojciech becomes the head of the Polish Communist Party in October. In order to quell the social unrest stirred up by the Solidarity Union, the union is disbanded and the leader, Lech Walesa is imprisoned. Martial law is also imposed. It lasts till July 21st, 1983.
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