Ronald Reagan's efforts to eradicate Communism spanned the globe, but the insurgent Contras' cause in Nicaragua was particularly dear to him. Battling the Cuban-backed Sandinistas, the Contras were, ...

Before his trial, American prisoner Eugene Hasenfus is led by two Sandinista guards to the place where his plane was shot down. (Claude Urraca/Sygma via Getty Images) On Oct. 5, 1986, a cargo plane ...

MADISON, Wis. — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died on Nov. 26 ...

(CNN) — Two key figures in the Iran-Contra affair quietly married last month, nearly 40 years after the scandal rocked US politics and President Ronald Reagan’s administration. (CNN) — Two key figures ...