Able Quote by 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

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

— 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

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

— Tony Hayden

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

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

They [Nicaragua] haven't had elections because they are in a state of seige by the United States. They would have had elections if the…

— Allen Ginsberg

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

— Bianca Jagger

Most people at CMU thought it was perfectly reasonable for the U.S. to invade Nicaragua. They somehow thought they owned it.

— Geoffrey Hinton

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

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

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

— David Dellinger