#219 - How CIA Created the Cocaine Militias of Central America | Cookie Hood

Cookie Hood grew up in the center of Nicaragua's revolution & helped break the Iran-Contra affair. Support on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones SPONSORS https://ketobrainz.com/pages/djp - Use code "DANNY20" at checkout. Visit https://betterhelp.com/dannyjones today to get 10% off your first month. EPISODE LINKS https://journalistapodcast.com FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/jonesdanny https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00- Why doesn't Cookie Hood exist on the internet? 05:26- Reporting on Contra revolution 10:48- Mindset of the rebel fighters in Nicaragua 12:51- Becoming numb to death 15:58- Who paid the Contra rebels? 20:24- How the US created the problem of the Sandinistas 24:01- Why no US journalists died with the Sandinistas 25:06- Surviving a helicopter shoot down 34:30- Marrying a Medellín Cartel boss 43:45- Pablo Escobar at Cookies wedding 45:40- Murder of American ABC journalist 58:14- Did Samosa kill a Nicaraguan Journalist? 01:03:16- Mistaken for William Randolph Hearst daughter 01:10:13- Interviewing Eugene Hasenfus after the crash 01:14:30- Cookie blew up Iran-Contra 01:17:57- Iran hostage / weapons exchange 01:24:32- Barry Seal & Roger Reaves 01:29:15- Cookie's relationship with Pablo Escobar 01:32:50- Interviewing Mother Theresa 01:39:45- Is it safe for Americans to visit Nicaragua?

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