America

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  13 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Those suffering from hunger are on the rise, the government asks for help from churches to distribute aid Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A particular event took place yesterday in Buenos Aires: thousands of people marched and invited other citizens to food courts organized as "popular pots" (ollas populares), to share someth ...
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  12 September 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The reform of ministries can jeopardize the relationship of the State with religious realities Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Uncertainty and disorientation is causing the government of Ecuador to announce the reform of State bodies: the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Cult will in fact be part of the new Ministry ...
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  11 September 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The "Grito" in defense of the rights of Venezuelan immigrants Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - "Life first of all" was the theme that this year characterized the "Grito de los Excluidos" initiative, which has been celebrated in Brazil for 24 years on September 7th, and coincides with Na ...
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  8 September 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Youth anti-corruption protests: resignation of three MPs Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - Deputy Jorge Ovieto Matto has resigned after being accused of embezzlement of public funds and corruption: he is the third legislator who leaves office in less than a month. On 6 August, in fa ...
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  7 September 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops on the moral crisis: "Our Country must be governed by good and true politicians" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the worrying situation of moral crisis in Peru due to corruption within the judicial system (see Fides 25/07/2018), the Bishops, gathered for the plenary assembly of the Episcopal Co ...
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  6 September 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - UN Human Rights delegation expelled from the country: "Sad and deplorable". Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The UN Security Council yesterday, September 5, discussed the situation in Nicaragua, at the request of the United States, despite the opposition of China, Russia, Bolivia and Ethiopia, that do ...
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  6 September 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Scarpellini: a democracy that does not listen to the people can become authoritarianism El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - "A democracy without respect or does not listen to the people can lead to authoritarianism that, in a pharisaic way, governs and legislates with the aim of defending its power and interests of t ...
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  5 September 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Week for Peace re-launches dialogue with ELN and the release of all the kidnapped Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the Week for Peace (see Fides, 1/09/2018), which coincides with the first anniversary of the Pope’s visit to Colombia (see Fides, 6/09/2017), the president of the Social Pas ...
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  5 September 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Salesian missionary missing in Amazonia during a storm São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 3 September Salesian missionary Norberto Hohenscherer disappeared while he was traveling alone on his canoe, down the river Uaupes, in the Brazilian Amazon. According ...
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  4 September 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Migration routes and the scourge of trafficking in the Amazon are increasing Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - Speaking of trafficking, the first attitude to be taken "is to put yourself in the shoes of victims". In reality, trafficking is a violation of human dignity and rights, a commodification of life ...
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  3 September 2018
  AMERICA - Open letter: our peoples condemned to a present and a future of destruction and death Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The serious and often irreversible damage and violations of human rights and the rights of nature caused by the current mining model, promoted, sustained and nourished by the immoral, inhuman ...
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  8 August 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Threats to those assisting Venezuelan immigrants, while the border reopens Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - From death threats to members of the Jesuit Refugees and Migrants Service (SJMR), and to media attacks against members of the Catholic community, the Church responds with "a refusal to any inc ...
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  7 August 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - New roads in the Amazon endanger the indigenous in voluntary isolation Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Without the consent of the indigenous peoples of the area and without even consulting them, the province of Purús is approving the construction of roads in the area", says to Fides Ismael Vega, d ...
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  6 August 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Henao: to stop the killings of social leaders, we need to build "community leadership" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - 311 social leaders murdered in two and a half years. This is the dramatic data released at the beginning of July by the Office of the People's Defender (ombudsman) of Colombia, referring to the p ...
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  2 August 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Juvencio Piratapuia: "school is the place where to spread the sense of community in the Amazon communities" São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - Education is one of the great challenges in the indigenous communities of the Amazon region. Juvencio Piratapuia is a professor in the community of Tabocal dos Pereira, municip ...