AMERICA/BRAZIL - Migrant Week: It is not just a humanitarian crisis
Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - From 18 to 25 June, the Catholic Church in Brazil celebrates the 32nd Migrant Week, with the theme "Migrations, biomes and living well", announces the Bishops' Conference of Brazil in the comm ...
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Zika Virus prevention Campaign has been launched
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In order to avoid the risk of contracting the Zika virus regarding pregnant women, the Health Ministry in Honduras, in collaboration with some international Organizations, has launched the ...
AMERICA/PERU - More than 300,000 minor workers in Ancash region
Huaraz (Agenzia Fides) – In the Peruvian region of Ancash an estimated 332.050 minors are employed in different jobs, in many cases underpaid . The news comes from the Áncash Regional Labour Office Diretra, which re ...
AMERICA/MEXICO -Violence increases against priests
Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) – Still on the danger list but slowly improving: Rev. Juan Antonio Zambrano García, of the archdiocese of Tijuana, was attacked and wounded last Friday, June 9, in the parish of San Pedro e San ...
AMERICA/MEXICO - Nine children out of 100 work and 37% do not go to school
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico 9 children out of 100 between 5 to 17 years of age work. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), there are two million and 475,000 children engaged ...