Marxist Priest D’Escoto Gets UN Presidency Post

New York, Jun. 5, 2008 (CWNews.com) – A Maryknoll priest who was a leading figure in Nicaragua’s leftist government during the 1980s has been elected president of the UN general assembly.

Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, who was foreign minister of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, will succeed Macedonia’s Srgjan Kerim in September, holding the position for a year. The president of the UN General Assembly ordinarily does not command media attention, but D’Escoto, with his penchant for controversy, may be an exception to that rule.  Read article here.