Posted on 05/26/2008 1:14:09 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is expressing his condolences over the death of the leader of Colombia's largest rebel group, calling him "our brother" in the fight against social injustice.
Ortega spoke Sunday in Uruguay at a gathering of leftist parties and organizations in Latin America.
He praised rebel commander Manuel Marulanda, who the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia confirmed died in March of a heart attack.
Ortega called Marulanda an "extraordinary fighter" who struggled for decades to reverse "profound inequalities."
The Nicaraguan president urged attendees at the Sao Paulo Forum to topple "the tyranny of global capitalism," and accused Washington and Europe of being "terrorists" who "kill with economic policies."
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Because Liberal Democrats enjoy protecting their Communist mass-murdering thug friends.
Where’s a Barrett M82A1 when you really need it?
It is always a tragedy when one of these monsters gets to die of natural causes.
The CIA should have bumped Ortega off in the 1980’s.
He was pond scum then and he is pond scum now.
These leftest tyrants all think equality is everyone being dirt poor except them.
A friend of Harkin.
And a child molester as well.
The main reason was that he was their brother and fellow traveler.
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