Latin America: In the Shadow of the US | Ep 2 – Wars
Al Jazeera
Episode 2: Wars begins with Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution, which promised egalitarian transformation through literacy crusades. But civil war erupted as United States President Ronald Reagan’s administration covertly backed the Contra rebels, plunging the nation into turmoil and suffering.
Panama transitioned from Omar Torrijos’s diplomatic triumphs over the Panama Canal to Manuel Noriega’s sinister collaboration with both the CIA and drug cartels. The murder of Hugo Spadafora sparked his brother’s campaign to focus US public and political attention on Panama, ultimately leading to a US military invasion and Manuel Noriega’s downfall.
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