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A large crowd of nuns in religious habit, parishioners, and Sandinista officials in military uniform celebrate the arrival of Pope John Paul II at Plaza 19 de Julio in Managua during his visit to Nicaragua in March 1983. Many in the crowd are holding the red-and-black flag of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and the yellow-and-white flag of the Vatican City. Above the crowd there is a large mural of Nicaragua's revolutionary heroes (from left to right): Santos López, Tomás Borge, Francisco Buitrago, and Silvio Mayorga. Una gran multitud de monjas en hábito religioso, feligreses, y oficiales Sandinistas en uniforme militar celebran la llegada del papa Juan Pablo II en la Plaza 19 de Julio en Managua durante su visita a Nicaragua en marzo de 1983. Muchos de ellos sostienen la bandera rojinegra del Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional y la bandera blanco-amarilla del Vaticano. Sobre ellos se observa un mural con las caras de los héroes revolucionarios nicaragüenses (de izquierda a derecha): Santos López, Tomás Borge, Francisco Buitrago y Silvio Mayorga.
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