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Tomas Borge [1930-2012] Nicaraguan
Rank: 105
Activist, Statesman


Tomás Borge Martínez was a cofounder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua and was Interior Minister of Nicaragua during one of the administrations of Daniel Ortega. He was also a renowned statesman, writer, and politician.

Attitude

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Our pledge is to hold elections in the year 1985. The form of elections has not yet been determined, but there is a group of representatives of the political parties in Nicaragua who have been traveling around the world studying various electoral alternatives.
101
They accuse me of having a hard hand, but people closest to me know that is not the nature of my heart.
102
The doctors who have examined me say I am healthy enough for a long life, so don't have any illusions that I'll soon leave this world.
103
Global political conditions make a direct American intervention difficult, but President Reagan's messianic and visceral attitude toward the Nicaraguan revolution could mean it will happen as an act of desperation. Attitude
104
If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied.
105

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