In response to the overthrow of the Somoza government by revolutionaries in Nicaragua, the Reagan administration _________________.
A. endorsed the Contadora peace plan backed by other Latin American nations
B. relied on peaceful persuasion to encourage the Nicaraguan people to protest the new government's human-rights abuses
C. secured the support of European allies to cut off trade with Nicaragua
D. used the CIA to covertly train and arm counterrevolutionaries whose own goal it was to overthrow the Sandinista government
Answer: D
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