Contra aid cut off
Released Friday, 3rd May 1985
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Contra aid cut off
Contra aid cut off
Friday, 3rd May 1985
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Defeat for the president as House cuts off aid to Nicaragua's Contras amid fears of another Vietnam.
This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.
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Ronald Reagan’s presidency, from Reagonomics and the invasion of Grenada in his first term, to the Iran-contra scandal and reconciliation with Soviet leader Mihail Gorbachev in his second. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).Join Podchaser to...
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