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.

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.

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.

The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.

I am not just a celebrity, I'm a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.

The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

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.