America

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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 ...
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  13 June 2017
  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 ...
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  12 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The country is bleeding to death: not even a minimum of security is guaranteed the authorities are powerless Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “In recent weeks, in various different parts of the country, violence has not subsided. In Tamaulipas fighting between drug cartels continues. Early last week Reynosa Prison was turned i ...
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  9 June 2017
  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 ...
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  9 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops: communion and solidarity with the suffering of the people of Venezuela Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "United as a Church, we launch an appeal to show communion and solidarity with the suffering of the people of Venezuela", writes the President of the Bishops' Conference of Mexico (CEM) Card ...
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  8 June 2017
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - More than 3,000 people evacuated due to flooding in the north of the country Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - As a result of the floods that led to the overflow of the River Uruguay, there are currently 3,700 displaced persons in the north of the Country. The most hit department continues to be Salto ...
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  8 June 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The State of Roraima appeals to the federal government to help the Venezuelans who arrive Roraima (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the state of Roraima, where there is the only land border between Venezuela and Brazil, have asked for help from the federal government of Brazil in order to respond adequatel ...
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  8 June 2017
  AMERICA - Meeting of political leaders of the continent summoned by CELAM Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - A group of politicians and leaders of various Latin American parties were summoned for an unprecedented meeting with Bishops, inspired by Pope Francis's thought. The meeting, organized by the La ...
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  7 June 2017
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Vocational month: finding your place in life according to God's plan Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am the one who speaks to you" is the theme with which the Church in Uruguay is celebrating the month of June "Vocational Month". According to the note sent to Fides by the Bishops' Confere ...