Most Quote by Geoffrey Hinton

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

— Noam Chomsky

No one will ever be able to say what the comandantes would have done with their historic opportunity in Nicaragua if they had not…

— Stephen Kinzer

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 people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against…

— Daniel Ortega

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

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

— Bianca Jagger

Let the Third World get some self-determination. Let the Nicaraguans make their own mistakes.

— David Dellinger

I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.

— Oliver North

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

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have…

— Barack Obama

Nicaragua is fast becoming a terrorist country club.

— Edwin Meese