The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.

I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.

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

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

The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

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

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?