Farewell to a revolutionary

Nicaraguan Ernesto Cardenal, Catholic priest, poet and revolutionary, was an essential figure of Latin American liberation theology. He died on March 1. He was 95. Cardenal’s spiritual life was the unyielding foundations of his country’s social and political struggle.

As a staunch revolutionary, he joined the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN in Spanish) in its armed struggle against US-backed and…

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Latin American journalist and senior academic at RMIT University, Melbourne — Australia

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Antonio Castillo, PhD

Latin American journalist and senior academic at RMIT University, Melbourne — Australia