I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition of the Contras, not on my opposition to the Contra war.

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.

Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.

People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.

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

Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.

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