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Visit of the Pope to Latin America
A decoration, a painting and a controversial crucifix, the gifts of Evo Morales to Pope Francis
The delivery was made after the half-hour meeting between the two at the Palacio Quemado
The Bolivian president gave him the Condor of the Andes, and the Luis Espinal distinction
The Pontiff received the 'Book of the Sea', which summarizes the arguments to sue Chile
After four hours in El Alto and La Paz, he left for the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz
Pope Francisco and the president of Bolivia , Evo Morales , exchanged several gifts on Wednesday at the Government Palace of La Paz , including a cross formed with a sickle and a hammer and the 'Book of the Sea' delivered by the president. The exchange took place after the private meeting they held for almost half an hour at the Palacio Quemado . Francisco commented that his was "simpler" than what he received from the president.
Morales gave him the highest honor of Bolivia, the Condor of the Andes , and the Luis Espinal distinction, which was created to recognize who professes a religious faith and stands out for defending the poor, the marginalized and the sick.
In addition, he gave him the carving of a cross formed with the hammer and sickle, which is a reproduction of one made by the Spanish Jesuit priest Espinal , killed in 1980 by paramilitaries for his commitment to social struggles in Bolivia, and whom Francisco dedicated a tribute near the place where they found his corpse. Upon receiving the cross Francisco commented: "This is not right".
Likewise, the pontiff received the 'Book of the Sea', which is a document that summarizes the historical, diplomatic and legal arguments that Bolivia has used to sue Chile in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of The Hague . The lawsuit seeks that the ICJ oblige Chile to negotiate with Bolivia a solution for the restitution of the exit to the Pacific that lost in a war in 1879.
Francisco also received a painting that represents the Virgen del Socavón , patron saint of the miners, made with the grain of quinoa, an Andean food whose virtues Bolivia promotes. Morales also gave him a fine dress adorned with motifs of Bolivian Andean cultures and a biography of him.
For his part, Francisco presented Morales with a mosaic that reproduces the famous icon Salus Populi Romani , which since 1611 occupies the magnificent Pauline Chapel of the Papal Basilica of Santa María la Mayor . In addition, he handed over the recent encyclical 'Laudato si' ("Praise to you"), his first papal document on ecology.
After leaving the Palace, Morales and Francisco walked together about twenty meters to the cathedral, where the pontiff made a speech before institutions of civil society. The crowd gathered before the Government Palace asked Francisco and Morales to go to the balcony, but it did not happen.
Trip to Santa Cruz
Francisco then left for the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz (east) , after completing an intense agenda during the four hours he was in El Alto and La Paz , the first stops of his three-day visit to Bolivia.
The plane of the state-owned Boliviana de Aviación (BOA) that takes Francisco to Santa Cruz departed from the international airport of El Alto at 9:30 pm local time (01.30 GMT on Thursday).
The stay of the Supreme Pontiff in El Alto and La Paz was short due to the altitude of these cities, located at 4,000 and 3,600 meters above sea level, respectively.
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