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“I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.”

Way Light House Interest Brother Standards International China Oil Brown Republic Sugar Banking Nicaragua Dominican Republic Standard Oil

Book:War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

Source: War Is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

“There are going to be stories of very young kids that were brought to this country at a very young age who don't even speak Spanish that are going to be sent back to Nicaragua or some other place. And it's gonna feel weird and I understand that. The goal here is to have an immigration policy that works. And if you provide a path for people to enter this country illegally and if they stay here long enough and pay enough in taxes, well let them stay legally...why would anyone come in through the legal process?”

People Ifs Feels Wells Long Country Enough Stories Kids Age Young Speak Process Goal Pay Path Policy Taxes Immigration Young Age Nicaragua Immigration Policy

Author:Marco Rubio

“If something is right (or wrong) for us, it’s right (or wrong) for others. It follows that if it’s wrong for Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and a long list of others to bomb Washington and New York, then it’s wrong for Rumsfeld to bomb Afghanistan (on much flimsier pretexts), and he should be brought before war crimes trials.”

Ifs Should Long War Crime New York Lists Trials Bombs Afghanistan Cuba Haiti Pretext War Crimes Nicaragua

Author:Noam Chomsky

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

Weakening Nicaragua Embargo

Author: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?”

People Knows War Government Justice Answers Nicaragua

Author:Bianca Jagger

“Nicaragua is fast becoming a terrorist country club.”

Country Becoming Clubs Terrorist Nicaragua Country Clubs

Author:Edwin Meese

“Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'”

Fall Black Boys Fire Land Cat Murder Police Newspapers Gray Toes Marine Kitten Nicaragua Black Cat Capone Tricycles

Author:Al Capone

“I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.”

“I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th will be fighting and then will go on to the Central American Games and I'm sure at least one will win a gold medal.”

Years Made Kids Fighting Games Winning Goes On Gold Gym Medal July Gold Medals Nicaragua

Author:Alexis Arguello

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

Government America Speak Policy Traveled Nicaragua

Author:Bianca Jagger

“The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.”

Humans War Helping Justice Issues Rights Commitment Red Crosses Victim Human Rights British Campaigns Turning Points Fundraising Nicaragua Red Cross

Author:Bianca Jagger

“In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.”

Dream Law Values Stuff Liberty Equality Paris Rule Of Law Nicaragua

Author:Bianca Jagger

“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.”

Stills War States Law Nations United United States International Immoral Violation International Law Covert Nicaragua

Author:Bianca Jagger

“Every country has the writers she requires and deserves, which is why Nicaragua, in two hundred years of literacy, has produced one writer-a mediocre poet.”

Writing Years Two Country Poet Hundred Deserve Mediocre Literacy Nicaragua

Book:The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

Source: The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

“My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries.”

Different Country Mother Groups Students China Russia Other Countries Different Countries Nicaragua

Author:Eliza Dushku

“And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.”

Made Shots Crew Mexican Walkers Nicaragua

Author:Alex Cox

“There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.”

People Way Nicaragua

Author:Elliott Abrams

“My son lives in Nicaragua. My daughters live in the United States.”

States United United States Son Daughter My Daughter My Son Nicaragua

Author:Gioconda Belli

“Most people, of course, spend their lives caring about the wrong things. The worry about South Africa or Nicaragua. They spend so much time finding themselves that they lose their taxicabs. They don't see that what kind of napkin you get at a delicatessen is a matter of much significance in the world today. That's why they don't get linen.”

People World Life Kind Matter Today Courses Loses Worry Findings South Caring Significance South Africa World Today Wrong Things Napkins Linen Nicaragua

Author:Kinky Friedman

“I think the difference between El Salvador and Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua you had a popular insurrection, and in El Salvador you had a revolution.”

Thinking Differences Revolution Insurrection Nicaragua El Salvador

Author:Bianca Jagger

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