Ronald Reagan: “In Central America today, freedom-loving people, our friends, are…”

On the recordMay 7, 1984

In Central America today, freedom-loving people, our friends, are under attack by Soviet bloc and Cuban-backed insurgents.

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Republican · California

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Remarks at a Meeting of the Council of the Americas

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