The Reagan Administration's covert organization and support of the rebels in an effort to overthrow the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua is known as ______.

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The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal in the United States during the Reagan Administration where senior officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was then under an arms embargo, with the proceeds being used to fund the Contra rebels in Nicaragua in their fight against the Sandinista government.

The Reagan Administration's Covert Organization and Support of the Rebels