The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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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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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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I feel great identification with the developing world.
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Bradley Manning is an American hero.
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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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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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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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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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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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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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I don’t want to wear what every other women wears. I won’t be dictated to.
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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 the U.K. cannot understand whether Blair has lost his mind or whether his ambition to be the second-most-powerful man in the world made him lose his mind.
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A taboo, attached to it…now we have more women infected with HIV/AIDS, many of those women were infected by their husbands who did not tell them
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