I have not been able to abandon the eternal concepts of freedom proclaimed by Thomas Jefferson which today. more than ever. have a profound universal meaning. Precisely because I believe in them. and in the understanding of the Government and people of the United States. I today begin my life as a political refugee which I am certain will bring me peace and tranquillity. The destiny of nations is determined and decided by the will of their peoples and when those peoples. tired of oppression and torture. of imprisonment and hunger. head toward the mountain to fulfill the duty the fatherland demands. no Nicaraguan may be aloof removed from its tragedy and fight for freedom. It is for this reason that. inspired in the eloquent call to the national conscience. translated in the noble manifest subscribed by the National Opposition Union (UNO) under the leadership of Dr.