Peru: Controversy Over ‘Cristo del Pacífico’

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President Alan Garcia's announcement that a giant Jesus Christ would be installed on top of the Morro Solar in Lima has drawn both criticism and praise from bloggers and social media users. Global Voices author and Spanish Translation Manager Juan Arellano links [es] to several bloggers who have discussed the announcement.

Written bySilvia Viñas

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[…] the country. An example of this is a fragment from the manifesto [es] that was published due to the ‘Cristo del Pacífico' Controversy: Nuestro Cristo es el Cristo indignado de la […]

15 October 2011, 19:56 pm
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[…] the country. An example of this is a fragment from the manifesto [es] that was published due to the ‘Cristo del Pacífico' Controversy: Nuestro Cristo es el Cristo indignado de la Amazonia. Nuestro Cristo es de la gente excluida, […]

15 October 2011, 22:22 pm

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