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UN's turbulent priest refuses to go quietly

By Harvey Morris at the United Nations

Published: June 8 2009 03:00 | Last updated: June 8 2009 03:00

Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly - in office for a year - have little time to make themselves at home.

But Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann has done his best, decorating his office overlooking New York's East River with portraits of his revolutionary heroes, among them Augusto Sandino and Daniel Ortega of his native Nicaragua, Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, and Fidel Castro (a signed photograph).

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