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Cracktoberfest Part Two: How The CIA Became Drug Dealers

Behind the Bastards

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Nicaragua and Cuban Leftists

In Nicaragua there's a revolution and a group of leftists known as the Sandinistas overthrow his ass and take power themselves now yeah these guys are leftists right so being leftists who are you being leftist in Nicaragua what is a country you're probably gonna want to have a good relationship with Cuba. The US security establishment loses their goddamned minds when this happens in like 1979 they don't see this is like well yeah they just overthrew this government who was friendly with I mean the US had a mixed relationship with samosa it's not entirely like but anywayYeah we've just overthrown this dictator these guys are our best friends in the area they can give us the stuff we need to help kind

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