Nicaraguan Leader Rails at U.S. Hegemony

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By ALEXANDRA OLSON
The Associated Press
Tuesday, September 25, 2007; 5:06 PM

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 ...

"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 ...

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." ...

"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."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/25/AR2007092501328.html