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The Iran-Contra Scandal. The Iran-Contra scandal revolved around US relations with Nicaragua and Iran The US used money and troops to support a dictatorship in Nicaragua run by the Somoza family Between 1977 and 1979 a rebel movement known as the Sandinistas overthrew the dictatorship
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The Iran-Contra scandal revolved around US relations with Nicaragua and Iran • The US used money and troops to support a dictatorship in Nicaragua run by the Somoza family • Between 1977 and 1979 a rebel movement known as the Sandinistas overthrew the dictatorship • After the overthrow President Carter continued to provide economic aid to the new regime, as did the Soviet Union and Cuba • In 1981, President Reagan cut aid, saying that Nicaragua had become a satellite of the Soviet Union, and started to support the rebel Contra movement • When Congress found out it passed the Boland Amendment, banning military aid to the Contras • In 1983 an Iranian-backed terrorist group took Americans in Lebanon hostage • President Reagan said that American would not make concessions to terrorists and urged American allies to not sell weapons to Iran in response • In 1986 it emerged that President Reagan had approved arms sales to Iran in exchange for releasing the hostages, and that some of the profits were being sent to the Contras
Political Cartoon • Create a political cartoon about the Iran-Contra scandal • Should contain both images and text • Should be understandable from at least five feet away • Should be humorous
