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 don't want to wear what every other women wears. I won't be dictated to.

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.

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

President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.

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

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral.