 The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery. |
| I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas. |
| The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world. |
| I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition of the Contras, not on my opposition to the Contra war. |
| Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide. |
| Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all. |
| I think the difference between El Salvador and Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua you had a popular insurrection, and in El Salvador you had a revolution. |
| Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it. |
| 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. |
| I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware. |
| I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government. |
| We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime. |
| The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power. |
