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 often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.

I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.

People in the U.K. cannot understand whether Blair has lost his mind or whether his...

People in the U.K. cannot understand whether Blair has lost his mind or whether his...

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the...

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I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got...

I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got...

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a...

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a...

We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have...

We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have...

I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before...

Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before...

The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

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Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes,...

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I've enjoyed doing Wolf Blitzer's program, and I even enjoyed having a heated debate with...

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I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My...

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During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed...

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Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early...

George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented...

George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented...

Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.

Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in...

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in...

The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the...

The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the...

Bush and Blair combined their efforts to deceive both nations in a carefully coordinated manner,...

Bush and Blair combined their efforts to deceive both nations in a carefully coordinated manner,...

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But...

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But...