Human Rights in Nicaragua: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, February 25 and March 1, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 93 стор. |
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Сторінка 11 - We pronounce as follows : whether Socialism be considered as a doctrine, or as a historical fact, or as a movement, if it really remain Socialism, it cannot be brought into harmony with the dogmas of the Catholic Church, even after it has yielded to truth and justice in the points We have mentioned; the reason being that it conceives human society in a way utterly alien to Christian truth.
Сторінка 55 - PF — 1 The scales use the numbers 1-7, with 1 comparatively offering the highest level of political or civil rights and 7 the lowest A plus or minus following a rating indicates an improvement or decline in 1981.
Сторінка 19 - The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me. He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord's year of favor.
Сторінка 11 - See to it, venerable brethren, that the faithful do not allow themselves to be deceived. Communism is intrinsically wrong, and no one who would save Christian civilization may collaborate with it in any undertaking whatsoever.
Сторінка 55 - PF, and a not-free state by NF. 3 A positive outlook for freedom is indicated by a plus sign, a negative outlook, by a minus and relative stability of ratings by a zero. The outlook for freedom is based on the problems the country is facing, the way the government and people are reacting to these problems, and the longer-run political traditions of the society.
Сторінка 39 - They include: • relocations of individuals by military operations without warning and without conscientious dialogue; • forced marches, carried out without sufficient consideration for the weak, aged, women, and children; • charges or accusations of collaboration with the counterrevolution against all residents of certain towns; • the destruction of houses, belongings, and domestic animals; • the deaths of individuals in circumstances that, to our great sorrow, remind us of the drama of...
Сторінка 55 - A positive outlook for freedom is indicated by a plus sign, a negative outlook, by a minus, and relative stability of ratings by a zero. The outlook for freedom is based on the problems the country is facing, the way the government and people are reacting to these problems, and the longer run political traditions of the society. A judgment of outlook may also reflect an imminent change, such as the expected adoption of a meaningful new constitution.
Сторінка 39 - Our thoughts on these events: We recognize the governing authorities' right to undertake necessary measures to guarantee the defense and the integrity of the territory of the nation. We also recognize the autonomy of the state and its right to determine the implementation of emergency military measures in all or part of the national territory in order to defend the country. Nevertheless, we wish to remind everyone that there are inalienable rights that under no circumstances can be violated and we...
Сторінка 39 - Let us not forget that violence does not and cannot exist by itself: it is invariably intertwined with the lie.
Сторінка 41 - Let our friends and our adversaries understand that we will do whatever is prudent and necessary to insure the peace and security of the Caribbean area. In the face of outside threats, security for the countries of the Caribbean and Central American area is not an end in itself but a means to an end. It is a means toward building representative and responsive institutions, toward strengthening pluralism and free private...