{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Nicaraguan Revolution: The Sandinistas, The Contras, & The CIA","description":"Alex Avi\u00f1a is a professor of Latin American history in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. His book, "Specters of Revolution: Peasant Guerrillas in the Cold War Mexican Countryside", was awarded the Maria Elena Mart\u00ednez Book Prize in Mexican History for 2015 by the Conference on Latin American History.  Alex joins Breht to discuss the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979, the Somoza Dictatorship, the Sandinistas, the CIA and the Reagan Administration, US imperialism in Central America, the 1954 Guatemalan coup, Marxism-Leninism, National Liberation, Indigenous resistance on both sides of the revolution, and much more!  Follow Alex on Twitter @Alexander_Avina Learn about, support, or contact Alex here: https:\/\/alexanderavina.com Check out the film "\u00a1Las Sandinistas!" here: https:\/\/www.lassandinistas.com\/ SUPPORT REV LEFT: https:\/\/www.revolutionaryleftradio.com\/ Outro Music: "Reagan" by Killer Mike Check out his music here: http:\/\/killermike.com\/ ----------- Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical.  Intro music by Captain Planet. Find and support his music here:  https:\/\/djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center. Join the SRA here: https:\/\/www.socialistra.org\/ ","author_name":"Rev Left Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com\/website","html":"