We grew up in a situation where we didn't know what freedom or justice were, and therefore we didn't know what democracy was.
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Of course, the kind of support that Cuba could give us was very limited when it came to building up our army, since they didn't manufacture armaments in the quantities that we required. So we turned to Algeria and the Soviet Union for support.Daniel Ortega
An Ortega victory in November would leave Latin America with a third U.S. antagonist in the region, along with Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. It would raise the morale of Latin America, ... Other countries will say, 'Look, that small country got away with it. So can we' We will spread the revolution.
Daniel Ortega
Civil rights in reverse is what I call it. What about our civil rights
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The fact is that the United States is behind what has happened in Nicaragua, and what they did was to promote a confrontation between Nicaraguans.
Daniel Ortega
What we asked for were weapons so that we could defend ourselves -- that's what we asked of the Soviet Union, of the socialist countries of Eastern Europe, of the Algerians, of the Vietnamese and that's what we received so that we could arm the Nicaraguan people and defend ourselves in that war imposed on us by Ronald Reagan's Administration over a number of years.
Daniel Ortega
My idol was Sandino, and also Christ. I was brought up a Christian, but I regarded Christ as a rebel, a revolutionary.
Daniel Ortega
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