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Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.

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Bradley Manning is an American hero.
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Bradley Country Hero Manning
People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.
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Appreciate Courage Oppose People Politician
Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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People Successful War
Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader.
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Different Leadership Principles Shoulder Turned
Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
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Country Indigenous Latin Rights Traditional
I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.
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Believe Genocide Ongoing
I don’t want to wear what every other women wears. I won’t be dictated to.
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Want Wears Women
I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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Country Government Nicaragua
I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.
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Country Viewpoints World
I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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Lasts Rights Years
The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
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Innocence Innocent People Person
I didn’t want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen.
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Citizens Class House
George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.
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Away Law Rights Walking
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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Commitment Human Issue Rights War
During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.
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Divorce Parent Years
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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Government Justice People War
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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Men Powerful Real
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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Country Different Media Told Years
I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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Aware Politically Thinking
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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Hippie Liberty Needs
Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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Government Law People
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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Country Hussein World
Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.
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Members Privileged Suffering
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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Community Hussein People
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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Believe Interview Lobbying Share Views
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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Law Rights World
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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Embargo Nicaragua Weakening

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