Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
BIANCA JAGGERI don’t believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don’t believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.
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I don’t believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don’t believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.
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Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn’t just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.
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Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I’ve been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
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I don’t want to wear what every other women wears. I won’t be dictated to.
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Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.
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The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That’s why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.
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People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.
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I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.
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People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.
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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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Bush and Blair combined their efforts to deceive both nations in a carefully coordinated manner, more so than anyone is willing to point out in the media.
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There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?
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I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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Bradley Manning is an American hero.
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Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.
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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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I don’t need an overpowering, powerful, rich man to feel secure. I’d much rather have a man who is there for me, who really loves me, who is growing, who is real.
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We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.
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A man who gets divorced is not forever going to be talked about for it. There are very different standards that we have for women than we have for men.
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I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.
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The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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What is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we’ve been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.
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Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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I feel great identification with the developing world.
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