#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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices