Posted on 09/25/2007 1:35:33 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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.
Ortega had started off addressing the central theme of this year's General Assembly meeting — climate change — but he quickly launched into a tirade against global capitalism, meandering from his notes and speaking well beyond his allotted 15 minutes.
The world is under "the most impressive, huge dictatorship that has existed — the empire of North America," he said. An "imperialist minority is imposing global capitalism to impoverish us all and impose apartheid against Latin American immigrants and against African immigrants."
He said the United States, as the only country to have used nuclear bombs in a war, was in no position to question the right of Iran and North Korea to pursue nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
"And even if they want nuclear power for purposes that are not peaceful, with what right does (the U.S.) question it?" Ortega added.
His speech recalled last year's U.N. speech by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who caused a storm by calling Bush the "devil." Chavez is not attending this year.
Ortega did not directly insult Bush. But he came to the ailing Castro's defense moments after Bush declared that "in Cuba, the long rule of a cruel dictatorship is nearing its end." Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque walked out of the assembly in protest.
"And we heard from the president of the United States this morning a total lack of respect when he spoke of Cuba," Ortega said. "Fidel Castro has shown great solidarity with humanity."
Shut TFU, and bring me my taco, Danny.
Something tells me he wouldn’t be whining about Soviet Hegemony.
Well I see that Daniel Ortega is still the same tinpot commie turd that our Democrats have loved so well over the years..... disgusting to think how much time, energy, and resources so-called Americans like Tom Harkin, Jon Cary, Chris Dodd, and friends have put into promoting and protecting this guy.
When you’re the biggest bad ass in the world you can tell the rest of us how to do things. Until then we’ll run the show, thank you.
I tuned in to the UN Streaming page earlier today and didn’t know who that little twerp was.
http://www.un.org/webcast/index.asp
I thought maybe Cheech Marin
who’s the doll in the back?
How big’s your army, Daniel?
Thanks for the flashback .. John Kerry and Harkin.. seems like only yesterday.
Being called dictator by a tin pot dictator!
Isn’t that like being called ugly by a frog?
How’s Nicaragua’s economy doing under Daniel the communist?
Put a guitar in his hands and he'd be a dead-ringer for Carlos Santana.
We need a REAL REPUBLICAN IN OFFICE WITH SOME BITE! I'm sick of pretending and all of you should too.
BUMP!
I don't know for sure. By her proximity to Tom Harkin, I assumed she was with him. If not his wife, possibly an aide of some kind.
And we have the moral right to overthrow immoral Marxist and Islamic governments and replace them with moral governments
bttt
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