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Jimmy Carter: “He spoke for the poor of El Salvador, where their voices had been ignored for too long.”

On the recordMarch 24, 1980
He spoke for the poor of El Salvador, where their voices had been ignored for too long.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Statement on the Death of the Archbishop of San Salvador Oscar Arnulfo Romero

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