The origins of the Iran Contra Scandal 1979-82
Explaining History - En podcast af Nick Shepley

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In the last years of Jimmy Carter's presidency, the ruthless Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua was overthrown by the Sandinista revolutionaries, a coalition of the moderate and revolutionary left. The incoming Reagan administration in 1981 immediately froze aid to the Nicaragua and began to arm the anti Sandinista rebels, the Contras. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.