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Factfinder2 ago

This must have been before the breakup:

Original with photo: http://noticias.perfil.com/2016/07/07/el-mail-privado-que-el-papa-le-mando-a-su-amigo-vera/

Translation:

The private mail that the Pope sent to his "friend" Vera:

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnoticias.perfil.com%2F2016%2F07%2F07%2Fel-mail-privado-que-el-papa-le-mando-a-su-amigo-vera%2F&edit-text=

Notice in the comments that readers don't seem to like Francis meddling in their political affairs.

Gilderoy ago

Great work! Thanks for these articles. Very interesting that Pope Francis is apparently not well loved by the current Argentinian govt. Also, that Gustavo Vero conducted some shady business regarding sewing machines in textile shops and that he is an advocate against slave labor. Maybe that explains the shirts he's holding up in some of the pictures with Pope Francis: are those shirts being made in his shops, I wonder:

http://pinoyweekly.org/new/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/PW-pope-francis-no-chains-ugatlahi.jpg

http://media.diarioveloz.com/adjuntos/120/imagenes/001/325/0001325355.jpg

http://www.periodistadigital.com/imagenes/2015/02/23/gustavovera.jpg

Factfinder2 ago

Vero's textile business cooperative La Alameda produces the shirts, ostensibly to prove that clothing can be manufactured and sold without resorting to slave labor: http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/05/23/5709

Gilderoy ago

Thanks for the article! VERY interesting about the link between Thailand and Argentina.

Factfinder2 ago

It is interesting. The Asia Monitor Resource Center that brought them together probably should be on our radar.

Gilderoy ago

Indeed! I'll see what I can turn up. Pope Francis is, of course, very keen on immigration which is intrinsically related to this issue of slave labor.

Factfinder2 ago

Great point.