Tomas Borge's Quotes
Born: 1930-08-13
Profession: Activist
Nation: Nicaraguan
Biography of Tomas Borge
If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied.
Tags: American, Tell, TruthThe 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.
Tags: Enough, Leave, LifeThey accuse me of having a hard hand, but people closest to me know that is not the nature of my heart.
Tags: Hard, Heart, NatureGlobal 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.
Tags: Attitude, Mean, PoliticalI believe that absolute objectivity does not exist. American journalists, although they try to be objective, always lean one way or another. They repeat and repeat a particular type of information, which ultimately creates a distorted image of reality. Any small or insignificant incident that happens in Nicaragua is reported as a sensational act.
Tags: Reality, Small, TryOur 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.
Tags: Group, Political, Year