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

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?
Bianca Jagger

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

Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader.
Bianca Jagger

We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.
Bianca Jagger