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Nicaragua's Ortega eulogizes dead Colombian rebel leader, slams capitalist 'tyranny'
International Herald Tribune ^ | 5/25/08

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: columbia; danielortega; farc; sandinista; uribe
Why exactly did Congress object to Reagan crushing this little $hithe@d again? I forget...
1 posted on 05/26/2008 1:14:10 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
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To: Dawnsblood

Because Liberal Democrats enjoy protecting their Communist mass-murdering thug friends.


2 posted on 05/26/2008 1:15:39 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Dawnsblood

Where’s a Barrett M82A1 when you really need it?


3 posted on 05/26/2008 1:36:17 AM PDT by do not press 2 for spanish
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To: Dawnsblood
...who the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia confirmed died in March of a heart attack.

It is always a tragedy when one of these monsters gets to die of natural causes.

4 posted on 05/26/2008 1:46:23 AM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: Dawnsblood

The CIA should have bumped Ortega off in the 1980’s.

He was pond scum then and he is pond scum now.


5 posted on 05/26/2008 3:21:47 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The road to victory in Iraq is through Iran.)
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To: Dawnsblood

These leftest tyrants all think equality is everyone being dirt poor except them.


6 posted on 05/26/2008 3:43:16 AM PDT by DB
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To: DB

A friend of Harkin.


7 posted on 05/26/2008 5:03:51 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

And a child molester as well.


8 posted on 05/26/2008 5:15:46 AM PDT by Timothy
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To: Dawnsblood

The main reason was that he was their brother and fellow traveler.


9 posted on 05/26/2008 5:19:01 AM PDT by sport
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