Daniel Ortega
The president of Nicaragua, plus Robert De Niro, John Kerry and Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
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| Daniel Ortega was re-elected president of Nicaragua 16 years after his first term ended [EPA] |
In this special episode of Frost over the World from Washington, Sir David talks to Daniel Ortega, the Nicaraguan president, about politics and revolution, to John Kerry about US foreign policy and to Robert De Niro about taking his Tribeca film festival to the Middle East.
This episode of Frost over the World aired from Friday, March 6, 2009.
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Daniel Ortega has spent most of his life as a member of the Sandinista National Front. He served as president of Nicaragua from 1985 to 1990 and was re-elected in 2006. Sir David joins him in the Nicaraguan capital Managua to talk about politics and revolution. |
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Senator John Kerry heads the Senate’s senior foreign relations committee. He joins Sir David to talk about US foreign policy and the economy. |
| Robert De Niro |
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Robert De Niro is viewed as one of the greatest actors of all time. His work in iconic films such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and the Godfather series have won him two Academy Awards and international acclaim. Sir David meets him in New York. |
| Luis Moreno-Ocampo |
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The ICC has issued a warrant for the arrest of Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s president. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC prosecutor, talks to Sir David. Plus, Julia Sweig, the director for Latin American Studies at the Council for Foreign Relations, talks about the relationship between Cuba and the US. |