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

Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.

Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.

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

Bradley Manning is an American hero.

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 find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.