1. Foreign Policy and the Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev
Glasnost
Perestroika
INF Treaty
Sandinistas
Contras

2. Gorby March 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Sec.
General of Communist Party
Began “glasnost”
Openness
Open to free press and criticism
Perestroika
Called for less government control of the economy
Allowed for private enterprise
Led to democracy

3. INF Treaty
1987
Treaty that eliminated two major classes of nuclear weapons in Europe
Allowed for on-site inspections

4. End of the Cold War
Gorby’s introduction of democracy led to the breakup of the Soviet Union
Gorby resigned
1992
Pres. Bush (I) and Boris Yeltsin declared the Cold War over

5. Iran Contra 1977-79 Sandinistas
Rebel group in Nicaragua
Toppled the Nicaraguan dictator
Pres. Carter acknowledge the new gov’t and sent $$
Soviets also sent $$
Pres. Reagan called Nicaragua a satellite of the Soviet Union

6. Iran Contra cont. Reagan began to support the “Contras”
Congress banned aid to the Contras
Reagan found a way to fund Contras anyway
Nicaragua held free elections in 1990

7. Yes, more Iran Contra 1983 American hostages were taken in Lebanon
Reagan encouraged allies not to sell weapons to Iran in their war against Iraq
But…Reagan approved a weapons sale to Iran and in exchange, Iran would tell its friend, Lebanon, to let US hostages go
Hostages were freed

8. Big Trouble
Some of the profits from the sale of weapons to Iran went to the Contras in Nicaragua