America

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  23 August 2026
  A “security pact” against drug traffickers authorizes U.S. military operations in Colombia by Cosimo Graziani Bogotá (Fides news Agency) – Although it has been in office for only a few days, Colombia’s new presidential administration, led by Abelardo de la Espriella, has already made a decisive shift i ...
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  20 August 2026
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Three days of national mourning for the death of the intelligence chief in helicopter crash in Kenya Quito (Fides News Agency) – Ecuador has declared three days of national mourning to commemorate the country’s intelligence chief, Michele Sensi-Contugi, who died along with his wife, Stephany Hollihan, and five other ...
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  17 August 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos issues urgent appeal to curb spread of illegal mining in the Amazon Iquitos (Fides News Agency) – The Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos has issued an urgent appeal for immediate action against the devastating increase in illegal mining in the Nanay River basin, in an official statement re ...
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  15 August 2026
  What lies behind the diplomatic clash between Argentina and Brazil by Cosimo Graziani Brasilia/Buenos Aires (Fides News Agency) – In recent days, a diplomatic crisis has strained relations between Argentina and Brazil. It all began when Argentine President Javier Milei described h ...
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  13 August 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The commitment of the Pontifical Mission Societies after the earthquake: Amid destruction and suffering, mission becomes closeness, comfort and fraternal service Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – “The Pontifical Mission Societies of Colombia invite their entire national and international network to remain united in prayer and to express their solidarity with the affected populati ...
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  11 August 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Earthquake in Chocó: Church community comes to the aid of displaced people. Bishops: “Recognize ourselves as one family” Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – A devastating magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia on the morning of Monday, August 10, 2026, with its epicenter identified in the municipality of San José del Palmar, in the departme ...
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  11 August 2026
  Hope can rise again amid the rubble: The mission of Catholic Schools in the peripheries of Latin America by Laura Gómez Ruiz Portoviejo (Fides News Agency) – In Latin America, education remains one of the fields in which the Church’s vital and concrete mission encounters and embraces the real aspirations and needs o ...
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  10 August 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Edgard Rimaycuna, secretary to Pope Leo XIV, brings the Pope's blessing to Chiclayo Chiclayo (Fides News Agency) – On Sunday, 9 August, Monsignor Edgard Rimaycuna, personal secretary to Pope Leo XIV, presided over Mass in his hometown in Chiclayo, on Peru’s northern coast, specifically in La Victori ...
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  7 August 2026
  AMERICA/CUBA - Caritas continues distributing humanitarian aid: “We cannot reach everyone, but we want to remain close to those most in need” Havana (Fides News Agency) – Amid the prolonged economic crisis that has made it increasingly difficult for many Cuban families to access food and basic necessities, Caritas Cuba continues to distribute humanitarian ai ...
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  5 August 2026
  LATIN AMERICA - "Care unites us": CELAM, CLAR and Caritas promote a culture of "caring for others" Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – "Care is not the responsibility of a few, but the mission of everyone." With this message, the Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Culture of Care launched the continental campaig ...
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  5 August 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - At least 20 people killed by criminal gangs in the municipality of Gressier Port-au-Prince (Fides News Agency) – At least 20 people were killed last weekend in the municipality of Gressier, on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The deadliest attack took place on July 31, wh ...
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  4 August 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian Bishops express their “Closeness and solidarity” Lima (Fides News Agency) – The Peruvian Bishops' Conference (CEP) has expressed its closeness and solidarity with the families of the victims of the plane crash that occurred on Saturday, August 1, in Nazca, in the Ica ...
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  4 August 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - A thousand-kilometre journey from the Amazon to National Youth Day: “I left the jungle without knowing what awaited me” by Laura Gómez Ruiz Iquitos (Fides News Agency) – “I left the jungle without knowing what awaited me. I returned knowing that I belong to something much greater.” These are the words of Franco, a member of the ...
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  31 July 2026
  XV CONAJUM: Archbishop Nwachukwu to 6,000 Mexican young people: “Your heart is made to sail the open sea, not to remain closed in an aquarium” San Luis Potosí (Fides News Agency) – “Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. This call is for you. The mission is not small. It is not comfortable. It is not safe. It is universal. Whereve ...
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  31 July 2026
  The Manual of Latin American Ecclesial Communities to address the addiction crisis: A story of Communion by Monica Poletto Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – The meeting is scheduled for the end of August in Rome. For two days, a group of men and women from across Latin America who contributed to the development and draftin ...