I am not just a celebrity, I'm a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.

The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.

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.

George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.

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

Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.