Somoza government organization
also: Somoza
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Claims (2)
Sandinistas overthrew
Somoza government host_asserted
“And eventually, the Sandinistas were able to overthrow the Somoza government. Well, then what do you do with all of these elite corrupt people? Well, as it turns out, they just shuffled them off to Honduras or Guatemala or Costa Rica, which…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 16 @ 1:18:25
United Fruit Company funded
Somoza government host_asserted
“coffee plantations that people could make decent livings on. And basically, the government that was in bed with the Rockefellers, United Fruit, would basically trump up charges against the landowner, bankrupt them, and then United Fruit wou…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 16 @ 1:16:32
Mentions (4)
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Ronnie transports 100 kilos of cocaine to the black market and has transported millions of dollars to Miami for Blanton. Once Blanton's cash arrived in Florida, the brothers reported a relative of Blanton, Orlando Morello, would launder it …
▶ 1:15:34
And what's interesting about this to me, and it goes to the whole part of Operation Gladio, is the Somoza government was put in place and controlled by the CIA. And it spawned all of these people, all of these corrupt people. You've heard m…
▶ 1:17:31
And on the off chance that a charismatic leader comes around in the case of Guatemala and overcomes the cheating in the elections and wins, which is exactly what happened, then they're going to overthrow the government and put their corrupt…
▶ 1:18:25
And eventually, the Sandinistas were able to overthrow the Somoza government. Well, then what do you do with all of these elite corrupt people? Well, as it turns out, they just shuffled them off to Honduras or Guatemala or Costa Rica, which…