Tomas Borge
Tomas Borge
Tomás Borge Martínez (13 August 1930 – 30 April 2012, in American newspapers often spelt as Thomas Borge was the last living cofounder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua and was Interior Minister of Nicaragua during one of the administrations of Daniel Ortega. He was also a renowned statesman, writer, and politician. Tomás Borge also held the titles of "Vice-Secretary and President of the FSLN", member of the Nicaraguan Parliament and National Congress, and Ambassador to Peru. Considered...
NationalityNicaraguan
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth13 August 1930
CountryNicaragua
If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied.
Global political conditions make a direct American intervention difficult, but President Reagan's messianic and visceral attitude toward the Nicaraguan revolution could mean it will happen as an act of desperation.
They accuse me of having a hard hand, but people closest to me know that is not the nature of my heart.
Our pledge is to hold elections in the year 1985. The form of elections has not yet been determined, but there is a group of representatives of the political parties in Nicaragua who have been traveling around the world studying various electoral alternatives.
The doctors who have examined me say I am healthy enough for a long life, so don't have any illusions that I'll soon leave this world.