New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Talks Politics With Humanities Students
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson met with about 20 Saint Anselm College humanities students on March 20, 2006, and discussed negotiating prisoner releases with Saddam Hussein and Fidel Castro, improving schools in New Mexico and ending the war in Iraq.
“Castro liked to keep everyone off balance,” said Richardson, a likely candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. “He liked to negotiate with you when you were very tired.”
He told of being awoken at 2 a.m. to meet with Castro while in Cuba to negotiate new immigration rules and the release of political prisoners. By 5 a.m., they had eaten dinner and come to terms, he said.
New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College
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