Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger is a Nicaraguan-born social and human rights advocate and a former actress. Jagger currently serves as a Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, Founder and Chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, Member of the Executive Director's Leadership Council of Amnesty International USA, and a Trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust...
NationalityNicaraguan
ProfessionFamily Member
Date of Birth2 May 1945
CityManagua, Nicaragua
CountryNicaragua
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.
I don't want to wear what every other women wears. I won't be dictated to.
Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
I've enjoyed doing Wolf Blitzer's program, and I even enjoyed having a heated debate with Bill O'Reilly. I will do it any time.
There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. ... We need to defend our principles and values, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of international law. If we don't our world will further descend into a state of chaos.
The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.
The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.
President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.
George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.
Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader.
I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.