How THE NATION Covered the Visits of John Paul II in 1982 and 1987
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Two instances, two Argentinas: the gaze of this newspaper on the previous papal journeys, between the Falklands War and democracy
The first visit of a Pope to Argentina was during the Malvinas War. The high pontiff returned in 1987, already in democracy, on a six-day trip to the whole country.
The last visit of a Pope to Argentina occurred in April 1987, when John Paul II arrived in the country during the government of Raúl Alfonsín. At that time, the Armed Forces were going through a stage of institutional reorganization, budgetary restrictions and changes in their structure, four years after the return of democracy. Almost [...]
After his lightning trip in 1982, in the midst of the Malvinas war, John Paul II returned to the country in 1987, while fragile democracy was still going on and the wounds of the last dictatorship remained open.
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