Nicaraguan leader rails at U.S. hegemony

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Nicaraguan leader rails at U.S. hegemony
By ALEXANDRA OLSON, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 23 minutes ago

UNITED NATIONS - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accused the U.S. of imposing a worldwide dictatorship and defended the right of Iran and North Korea to pursue nuclear technology in a speech Tuesday before the U.N. General Assembly meeting.

Ortega also angrily denounced President Bush for criticizing Cuban leader Fidel Castro during his speech earlier in the day.

Ortega, who took office in January, said little had changed since he last addressed the world body as the Marxist leader of Nicaragua's Sandinista-run government two decades ago.

"The presidents of the U.S. change. And they may come to office with the greatest of intentions and they may feel that they are doing good for humanity, but they fail to understand that they are no more than instruments of one more empire in a long list of empires that have been imposed on our planet," Ortega said, waving his arms.



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Apparently only leftists "wave arms,"
while right-wingers "gesture."

[Robbien]

1. Just as leftist Ortega "rails"

and other headlines on this story have Ortega "lashing out" or "decrying".

but from everything I've read, Ortega was calm and reasoned and deliberate when giving this speech.

[MisterP]

3. and Chavez is an "ex-paratrooper" or "firebrand"

while * is never an "ex-cheerleader, "war Khan," or "unelected junta leader"

[ck4829]

2. "Waving his arms" and making him sound like a lunatic...

Well, if some foreign government is funding, supplying, and teaching Death Squads on how to destabilize your government 20 years ago, what should you do when many of those same people are back in power in the present?