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Tuesday, June 8th, 2004
"Reagan Was the Butcher of My People:" Fr. Miguel D'Escoto Speaks
From Nicaragua
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We go to Managua, Nicaragua to speak with Fr. Miguel D'Escoto, a
Catholic priest who was Nicaragua's Foreign Minister under the
Sandinista government in the 1980s. [Includes transcript]
The 8 years Reagan was in office represented one of the most bloody
eras in the history of the Western hemisphere, as Washington funneled
money, weapons and other supplies to right wing death squads. And the
death toll was staggering - more than 70,000 political killings in El
Salvador, more than 100,000 in Guatemala, 30,000 killed in the contra
war in Nicaragua. In Washington, the forces carrying out the violence
were called "freedom fighters." This is how Ronald Reagan described
the Contras in Nicaragua: "They are our brothers, these freedom
fighters and we owe them our help. They are the moral equal of our
founding fathers."
Fr. Miguel D'Escoto, a Catholic priest based in Managua, Nicaragua.
He was Nicaragua's Foreign Minister under the Sandinista government
in the 1980s
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/08/1453219
Tuesday, June 8th, 2004
"Reagan Was the Butcher of My People:" Fr. Miguel D'Escoto Speaks
From Nicaragua
Listen to: Segment || Show
Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript
Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend
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We go to Managua, Nicaragua to speak with Fr. Miguel D'Escoto, a
Catholic priest who was Nicaragua's Foreign Minister under the
Sandinista government in the 1980s. [Includes transcript]
The 8 years Reagan was in office represented one of the most bloody
eras in the history of the Western hemisphere, as Washington funneled
money, weapons and other supplies to right wing death squads. And the
death toll was staggering - more than 70,000 political killings in El
Salvador, more than 100,000 in Guatemala, 30,000 killed in the contra
war in Nicaragua. In Washington, the forces carrying out the violence
were called "freedom fighters." This is how Ronald Reagan described
the Contras in Nicaragua: "They are our brothers, these freedom
fighters and we owe them our help. They are the moral equal of our
founding fathers."
Fr. Miguel D'Escoto, a Catholic priest based in Managua, Nicaragua.
He was Nicaragua's Foreign Minister under the Sandinista government
in the 1980s
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/08/1453219