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S3:E13 - Crisis in Central America 3: Revolution in Nicaragua

Crisis in Central America 3: Revolution in Nicaragua

S3:E13
1985 IMDb

In 1979, the Sandinistas led a revolution that overthrew the Somoza dynasty which had ruled Nicaragua for almost 50 years. It was a revolution the US first tried to prevent, then tried to court, and later tried to undermine. Part 3 traces the evolution of US involvement in Nicaragua and the struggle for control of the revolution.

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