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Ronald Reagan: “The proud people of Nicaragua did not rise up against Somoza-and struggle, fight, and die-to have Cubans, Russians…”

On the recordJune 23, 1986
The proud people of Nicaragua did not rise up against Somoza-and struggle, fight, and die-to have Cubans, Russians, Bulgarians, East Germans, and North Koreans running their prisons.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Address to the Nation on United States Assistance for the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance

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