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Nicaraguan priest and politician (1925–2020)

Also known as: Ernesto Cardenal Martínez, Эрнесто Карденаль, إيرنيستو كاردينال, 에르네스토 카르데날, エルネスト・カルデナル, 埃内斯托·卡德纳尔

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