Frontline

Season 3, Episode 13

Episode Title: Crisis in Central America 3: Revolution in Nicaragua

Air Date: 1985-04-11

Overview:

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.