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.
Series producer Frank Smith ; Editor Karen O'Connor (Revised repeat)