Episode 4.11 Sandinistas and the Contras: US Involvement in Nicaragua

While we are all familiar with some of the more recent US interventions in the Middle East and all the fall out associated with those failures, the US Government has attempted to subvert, destroy and manipulate the political systems of other countries for a long time. It is important to view these operations and efforts through an objective historical lens, and the team applies this sentiment to run through the background of the Sandinistas and Contras as well as other historical US involvement in Nicaragua.