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?

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 for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.

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.

I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.

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

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.