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A large crowd of people stand on a crowded street in San Salvador as they await Pope John Paul II's arrival during his visit to El Salvador. Several armed soldiers can be seen standing on the bridge above the street. Amongst the crowd there is a sign with Pope John Paul II's portrait that reads, "Welcome. With God and with the People we will achieve peace." Pope John Paul II traveled to El Salvador to reinforce the Catholic Church's conservative teachings, thereby undermining liberation theology and the efforts of the revolutionaries, who sought to liberate El Salvador from foreign intervention and domination. Thus, Pope John Paul II eliminated the revolution's moral justification, effectively delegitimizing it. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador. Una multitud de personas yacen parados en una calle concurrida en San Salvador mientras esperan la llegada del Papa Juan Pablo II durante su visita a El Salvador. Varios soldados armados se observan parados en el puente que cruza sobre la calle. Entre la multitud se observa un letrero con un retrato del papa que lee "Bienvenido. Con Dios y con el Pueblo lograremos la paz". El El Papa Juan Pablo II viajó a El Salvador para reforzar las enseñanzas conservadoras de la iglesia católica, así socavando a la teología de la liberación y los esfuerzos de los revolucionarios, quienes buscaban liberar a El Salvador de la intervención y de la dominación extranjera. De este modo, el Papa Juan Pablo II eliminó la justificación moral de la revolución, efectivamente deslegitimandola. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía en 1982 durante su estadía en El Salvador cubriendo las elecciones y la guerra de liberación.
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