Amy Goodman
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Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero Is Canonized as Murder Remains Unsolved
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October 16, 2018
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as posted by the channelAs Pope Francis names Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero a saint, we continue our interview with Matt Eisenbrandt, a human rights lawyer and the author of “Assassination of a SaintThe Plot to Murder Óscar Romero and the Quest to Bring His Killers to Justice.” Romero was a champion for the poor and oppressed who was murdered by a U.S.backed rightwing death squad in 1980 at the beginning of the brutal U.S.backed military campaign in El Salvador. Eisenbrandt served on the trial team that brought the only court verdict ever reached for Romero’s murder.
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