America

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  22 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - To agree on a bilateral ceasefire, a first step in the dialogue between the Government and ELN Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13, the government informed the delegation of the National Liberation Army (ELN), at the headquarters of the peace talks in Quito, Ecuador, on "the willingness to immediately begin studyi ...
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  21 June 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Dumps, fields, hotels, restaurants, roads exploit the work force of over 400 thousand children Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In Honduras, more than 400,000 children and teenagers are forced to work in order to survive. According to a study carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), over the past fi ...
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  21 June 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Over one million children do not go to school and work instead Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - "More education, less child labor" is the name of the campaign recently launched by Fundación Telefónica in the Peruvian city of Cusco to make the population aware of the importance of studying ...
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  21 June 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - To favor the culture of encounter to build a nation of brothers Córdoba (Agenzia Fides) - "A few days after experiencing difficult moments in our city, it encourages us to find ways to resolve conflicts and reach agreements that guarantee social peace and the common good. We must re ...
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  20 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Reconciliation with the creation and protection of the Colombian Amazon Leticia (Agenzia Fides) - The third Meeting of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network "REPAM-Colombia" was opened in Leticia on June 19, yesterday. Until June 24 more than 100 people will deepen the reality of the Colombian ...
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  20 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Recreational centers to stop the phenomenon of child labor Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the National Study on Employment, there are over 2 million children who are employed in Mexico and should not be working in Mexico. To prevent the phenomenon, starting from the ...
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  19 June 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Over one thousand working children engaged in markets in Managua Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of vulnerable children in Managua drop out of school to work in the markets of the city. Many of them are children of the same merchants. The Nicaraguan Institute for Human Promotion (I ...
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  19 June 2017
  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 ...
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  19 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Attack in Bogota: "the agony of the enemies of peace, who want a climate of war" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday afternoon, June 17, a bomb exploded in the Andean Shopping Mall, crowded with people, causing three deaths and a dozen were injured. The President of the Colombian Bishops' Conference ...
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  17 June 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Five years after the massacre of Curuguaty: "Lugo represents no one", says Mgr. Medina Canindeyú (Agenzia Fides) – On June 15, Mgr. Mario Melanio Medina Salinas, Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, attended the celebration to remember the 5 years since the Massacre of Curuguaty. On Jun ...
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  16 June 2017
  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 ...
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  16 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops appeal: Teachers have been on strike for one month: "It is time to listen to each other" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Colombia's Bishops call for "peaceful and open dialogue" to overcome the teacher’s, who have been on strike for a month. In a statement sent to Fides on June 15, the Colombian Bishops' Confere ...
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  14 June 2017
  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 ...
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  14 June 2017
  AMERICA/ UNITED STATES - “Promote development and protect vulnerable citizens” NAFTA agreement for revision Washington (Agenzia Fides) – For some time it had been clear that US President Trump aims to revise the free trade agreement between USA, Canada and Mexico, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), signed ...
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  14 June 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - “We reject a State which robs us of our freedom”: Bishop Ramos on the subject of abortion law Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – “The door is being opened for the State to rob citizens of their freedom to make decisions to protect life” said Bishop Fernando Ramos, Auxiliary of Santiago and Secretary General of the ...