In the finale of Hidden History season four, the end of the Contra war, the years of reconciliation that followed, and the dissolution of a democratic hope for the Nicaraguan people
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Ep 14: A Dark Alliance (Part 3)
Breaking down the reporting of Gary Webb in the San Jose Mercury News, particularly the Dark Alliance series laying out the Contra operation to smuggle cocaine into the US for funds to fight the Sandinistas, and the involvement of the CIA
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Ep 13: How a US Backed Militia Terrorized Nicaragua (Part 2)
The rise of the Contras in response to the revolutionary government of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas
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Ep 12: How A Leftist Guerilla Group Humiliated The US (Part 1)
How a guerilla group rose up to take out one of Latin America's most repressive dictatorships. Part two of our series on Nicaragua under the Sandinistas is next week.
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Ep 11: Thomas Sankara's Tragic Quest To Remake Burkina Faso
Hidden History is SWRN's podcast devoted to the explanation of the events that shaped our world today-- that you've never heard of. New episodes every Friday.
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