What you basically need to know is that the contras were right-wing and that they opposed the left-wing government.
The left-wing governments were generally not seen as desired during the cold war because they could strengthen the communists, which were competing with the US.
So the US hoped that the contras would weaken or even replace the left-wing government.
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Invasions by Barbarian tribes
Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s.
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The person who discovered the lost mine was Padre Phillipe La Rue and the mine was abandoned because Franciscans sent a search party to find Padre Phillipe La Rue because he wasn't reporting back to Franciscans. When Padre Phillipe La Rue saw the search party looking for him he abandoned the mine because he thought the search party was going to take over his mine and take the gold from it.
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