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

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.

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

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?

The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

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

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.