Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990021175

Mr. Speaker. Central America has two problems: poverty and war. Reagans proposal means more of both. I was in a Godforsaken refugee camp in the hills of Nicaragua last week. and Lucia Zamora. a woman who has lost three nephews to the Contras. came up to me and said. Please dont send more money to the Contras. We need it more here. in the villages. These are the people whose lives are being destroyed. Not by the Cubans. not by the Soviets. They are being destroyed by the Contras and their war. Do not compare the Sandinistas to the Almighty. compare them to the alternative.
Keywords matched
refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDWARD MARKEY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1985-04-17
Speech ID
990021175
Paragraph
#0
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