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The Latest: Sanders and Morales sit side by side at Vatican
Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delivered his speech on social and economic inequality sitting next to the other main guest of honor at the Vatican: Bolivian President Evo Morales, whose is renowned for his anti-imperialist, socialist rhetoric.
Sanders arrived about 20 minutes late for his speech Friday and launched right into it as soon as he took his seat on the dias next to Morales, an Aymara Indian who came to power championing Bolivia's 36 indigenous groups.
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Sanders' received a warm round of applause after his speech on the "Urgency of a Moral Economy." In addition to Morales, participants at the conference included academics, priests, bishops, as well as Francis' closest adviser, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga and the Ecuadoran president, Rafael Correa.
Sanders arrived about 20 minutes late for his speech Friday and launched right into it as soon as he took his seat on the dias next to Morales, an Aymara Indian who came to power championing Bolivia's 36 indigenous groups.
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Sanders' received a warm round of applause after his speech on the "Urgency of a Moral Economy." In addition to Morales, participants at the conference included academics, priests, bishops, as well as Francis' closest adviser, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga and the Ecuadoran president, Rafael Correa.
more at link, being updated as it happens:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-Latest-Pope-meets-Morales-before-Vatican-7250515.php#photo-9807809
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