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?
BIANCA JAGGERI believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing 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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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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The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. …
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In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.
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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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The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.
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Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.
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I’ve enjoyed doing Wolf Blitzer’s program, and I even enjoyed having a heated debate with Bill O’Reilly. I will do it any time.
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I feel great identification with the developing world.
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Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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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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