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  1. Under the Shadow Ep. 13 | Panama. US Invasion.

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    Under the Shadow Ep. 13 | Panama. US Invasion.

    On December 20, 1989, the United States invaded Panama with tens of thousands of troops. It was the largest U.S. invasion since Vietnam. The first U.S. military action since the fall of the Berlin Wall one month before. The testing ground for the Iraq wars. The U.S. invading forces destroyed 20,000 homes and killed hundreds of innocent Panamanians, dumping bodies into mass graves. And the United States government and the mainstream media ignored or whitewashed the violence. The story tol...

    54 min
  2. Under the Shadow Bonus 3 | The Legacy of Monroe

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    Under the Shadow Bonus 3 | The Legacy of Monroe

    In December 1823, U.S. president James Monroe delivered his State of the Union address in which he coined what would become known as the Monroe Doctrine. It was a framework that would later be used to legitimize U.S. intervention up and down the hemisphere. But in those early days, Monroe’s statements were applauded by Latin American leaders as supporting their independence struggles. They were even embraced at Simón Bolívar’s Panama Congress of 1826.In this episode, host Michael Fox tra...

    1 h 4 min
  3. Under the Shadow Ep. 12 | Panama Canal

    24 JUIL.

    Under the Shadow Ep. 12 | Panama Canal

    Panama is, perhaps, the country in the region that has suffered under the longest U.S. shadow—right from the very beginning. The country and the canal would become the United States’ most important asset in the region. The United States installed as many as 100 military bases throughout Panama, during World War II, and it was the base of Washington’s Latin American military training apparatus.Panama was the heart of the United States in Latin America, and, as we will see, the United States ri...

    56 min
  4. Under the Shadow Ep. 11 | Costa Rica. Peace & Democracy—Maybe.

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    Under the Shadow Ep. 11 | Costa Rica. Peace & Democracy—Maybe.

    Costa Rica has been called the “Switzerland of Latin America.” In this episode, host Michael Fox takes us on a dive into this so-called peaceful and democratic beacon for a region beset by dictatorships and violence. He looks at the myth Costa Rica has created around the elimination of the military and how the United States did its utmost to encourage San José to do its bidding. This is Episode 11.Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, tell...

    1 h 1 min
  5. Under the Shadow Bonus 2 | Chomsky on U.S. Intervention in Central America

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    Under the Shadow Bonus 2 | Chomsky on U.S. Intervention in Central America

    Noam Chomsky needs no introduction. He’s a celebrated linguist, who has long denounced U.S. empire at home and abroad. And he has a long relationship with Latin America.Chomsky’s 1985 book, Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace, was formative for many academics and activists analyzing the U.S. role in the region.In 2012, NACLA awarded him the Latin America Peace and Justice Award for his ongoing commitment to social justice in the Americas.Chomsky’s...

    14 min
  6. Under the Shadow Bonus 1 | Hollywood and Empire

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    Under the Shadow Bonus 1 | Hollywood and Empire

    In the late 1980s, British film director Alex Cox spent several months in Nicaragua filming his movie Walker, about the U.S. filibuster who invaded and took over the country in the mid-1800s.As Cox puts it, he was trying to make “a revolutionary film in a revolutionary context." That did not go over well in Hollywood. The movie would get him blacklisted. Even today, you still can’t find the movie streaming.In this bonus episode for Under the Shadow, host Michael Fox speaks with Cox about his ...

    35 min
  7. Under the Shadow Ep. 10 | 1980s Nicaragua. Part II: Contra War

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    Under the Shadow Ep. 10 | 1980s Nicaragua. Part II: Contra War

    In the early 1980s, U.S. President Ronald Reagan launched a covert war to destroy the fledgling Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. It was brutal: paramilitary war, CIA attacks, economic blockade, and more. The war wreaked havoc on the country, killing tens of thousands and ravaging the economy. But an international solidarity movement stood up in response. Meanwhile, the Reagan government's hubris and drive to fuel its war on Nicaragua broke U.S. laws and led to a shocking scandal in Wa...

    1 h 8 min
  8. Under the Shadow Ep. 10 | 1980s Nicaragua. Part I: Revolution

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    Under the Shadow Ep. 10 | 1980s Nicaragua. Part I: Revolution

    The 1979 Nicaraguan revolution that overthrew a brutal U.S.-backed dictator ushered in a wave of hope in the Central American country. The new Sandinista government launched literacy and healthcare campaigns, carried out land reform and promised to improve the lives of all. But the United States, under President Ronald Reagan, feared the dominos would fall across Central America, and they unleashed assault on the country: paramilitary war, CIA attacks, economic blockade, and much more.In...

    38 min
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