Psalm 5

Ernesto Cardenal is a towering figure in Nicaraguan politics, literature, religion and art. One of the founders of liberation theology, Nicaraguan Minister of Culture under the Sandinista government, and Nobel Prize nominee in literature, Cardenal continues to live and work in Managua. In this 2006 footage, the 81-year old Roman Catholic priest, sculptor and revolutionary reads his classic poem "Psalm 5."

"Psalm 5" rewrites the familiar song from the Old Testament into a searing indictment of war, propaganda and goverment lies. Originally written in 1967, "Psalm 5" is as note-perfect today as it was almost forty years ago.

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[marsh75228]

Usted tiene que arreglar sus asuntos con la Iglesia RIP John Paul 2

[esimio1974]

no, they weren't. I have been living in Nicaragua in those years, and I can say that they were not gangsters.

[dbohemian1]

They did make mistakes, and we can even say that some committed crimes. But to call the movement 'gangster' is a miss contextualization of the struggle that existed in the first place. The Sandinistas can't be considered an anomaly of history, but a phenomenon of consequence.... whether they are just or unjust, it is a matter of perspective, as the Somoza dictatorship wasn't exactly what we would regard as 'just'.

[elarqui55]

When criminals win, you name them heroes, isn't it marsh75228? What about englishmen and north-americans genocides???? Los sandinistas echaron al lameculos Somoza, nada mas ni nada menos. Despues...

Ernesto Cardenal es un GRAN POETA, mas alla de...

[1adonadie]

Que el Poeta tenga en cuenta a los desaparecidos me parece bien.....que el poeta tenga en cuenta a sus madres, me parece bien. Pero se le olvido al poeta las madres y los hijos muertos por las patrulleras cubanas en el hundimiento del remolcador 13 de marzo en 1994 en Cuba. O habrá querido olvidarlas?

[marsh75228]

The Sandinistas weren't gangsters who murdered innocent people? COME ON!

[Dario1992]

Muy buen video de E. Cardenal.

gracias por subirlo.

Saludos fraternos desde "El ombligo del mundo, Ecuador".

[sandinista5]

I hope Negroponte sees this!