you are talking about morrito, i believe? become very well—known because the government in managua makes a point of saying, you know, some of the protesters were terrorists and they murdered policemen in uniform. and it's shameful, i will not try to defend anyone who has a shot against, you know, police officers, as violent as they are. but if you take a snapshot of what happened after april 18th, you will only get a limited view of what has happened. the police in nicaragua lost legitimacy many years ago when they started killing a lot of campesinos. if you read the report from the nicaraguan centre for human rights, there were almost 70 extrajudicial killings before april, in the last ten years. so the population, particularly in the isolated areas of nicaragua, were tired of that kind of police abuse for years. once again, i am notjustifying in any way that type of violence. mr maradiaga, why are you here? we're talking in washington, dc. should you not be in nicaragua making the case for democracy for early elections, for