S03E03: America Was Here: Nicaragua | Holidays in the Danger Zone

Duration: 28'54''

Synopsis

The successful left-wing coup in Nicaragua that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power led to the US sponsoring anti-Sandinista contra-guerrillas throughout much of the 80s. Ben Anderson now finds a democratic Nicaragua where coffee exports are worth millions. But farmers are starving while millions of dollars of cocaine are washed up on the coastline every week.

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