I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.
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I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.
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