Against Quote by Daniel Ortega

Nicaragua was destabilizing Central America, meaning moving in a direction the US didn't like. So Nicaragua was crushed.

— Noam Chomsky

I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international…

— Bianca Jagger

The US reasserted control over Nicaragua in 1990. Since then, the country has experienced a steep decline. It's now the second poorest country in…

— Noam Chomsky

During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion around the…

— Stephen Kinzer

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

— Ronald Reagan

The revolution in Nicaragua was the first of its kind to be accomplished with the mass support of Christians, a fact that cannot fail…

— Ernesto Cardenal

In 1983, most Nicaraguans had still not fallen to the depths of deprivation and despair which they would reach in later years, but many…

— Stephen Kinzer

I think the difference between El Salvador and Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua you had a popular insurrection, and in El Salvador you had…

— Bianca Jagger

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

— Bianca Jagger

Nicaragua is fast becoming a terrorist country club.

— Edwin Meese

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…

— Bianca Jagger

“The only problem with your dream of a prosperous Nicaragua is that guys like me will never let it happen.”

— Tony Hayden