The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. ... After the destruction of the Second World War, the nations of Europe struggled to rebuild their economies and ensure their security.
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During the Iran Contra scandal, it was uncovered that the Reagan administration was providing illegal aid to anti-communist rebels in Central America.
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The Iran-Contra scandal, also known as Irangate, was a political event that took place in 1985 and 1986, in which senior officials of the United States government, under the administration of President Ronald Reagan, facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, a country against which an arms embargo weighed. Both operations, the sale of arms and the financing of the Contra, were prohibited by the US Senate.
The operation to sell arms to Iran produced more than 47 million dollars, money that was managed by Oliver North through a network of bank accounts in Switzerland and was used, mainly, to finance the aggression against the government of Nicaragua and support to the Contra.
Purchasing indulgences got family out of purgatory.
Indulgences were a piece of paper a person would buy from the Church which would get family out of purgatory. Purgatory is the place between heaven and hell.
Many would spend their last coin on an indulgence to free a family member or themselves from purgatory. It was a money making scheme that would be criticized by Martin Luther.
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Now it is change to freeing the enslaved African Americans.
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