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March 31, 2011

Former Nicaraguan Foreign Minister to Rep Libya at U.N. 
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A former Nicaraguan foreign minister has been tapped as Libya’s new
envoy to the United Nations. The Nicaraguan government claims to have
sent a letter declaring Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann’s new role on
Libya's behalf. The 78-year-old D’Escoto has been an outspoken critic
of the United States. In a 2004 interview on Democracy Now!, D'Escoto
called former President Ronald Reagan, "the butcher of my people," for
his administration's arming and financing of Nicaraguan insurgents.



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