America

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  22 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - More than 650 participants at the V National Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, February 25 the V National Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (CONIAM) begins in Caracas, with the arrival of 650 participants from across the country. The aim of the ...
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  21 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church on the situation of migrants: "legal, political and social solutions are no longer an option, they are imperative issues" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Due to the executive orders of President Donald Trump, a hostile environment, insecurity, uncertainty and terror has been created concerning thousands of people who are accused of being cri ...
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  21 February 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Still waiting for the election results, the Bishops call for truth and transparency Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "The final results of every popular election must always reflect the virtues of justice and the value of transparency. Political institutions have to guarantee them and build trust, the foundatio ...
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  20 February 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The flow of migrants arriving in Guatemala to reach the United States continues Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The flow of migrants arriving in Guatemala with the hope of being able to somehow reach the United States continues: this is what a note from Prensa Latina, sent to Fides reports, where i ...
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  20 February 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Growing expectation for the "Memorándum de entendimiento" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing expectation for the "Memorándum de entendimiento" that the Organization of American States (OAS) will have to sign on February 28 together with the government of Daniel Ortega, ...
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  18 February 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Mgr. Gomez: "Anxiety and fear in children", tension among migrants increases Modesto (Agenzia Fides) - "If one wants to understand the impact of the raid that US border guards have carried out in more than 60 communities across the country since the beginning of February alone, let us listen to t ...
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  18 February 2017
  AMERICA - Odebrecht case, many involved but a single protagonist: corruption Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – What happened on February 16, 2017 can be defined a historical event, unprecedented in the history of Latin America: the meeting between the Ministers of Justice (or their representatives) of ...
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  17 February 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Still violence and death: condemnation of the Archbishop of Santo Domingo Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santo Domingo, His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Ozoria, denounced the fact that Dominican society is going through difficult moments of darkness and violence. "This world walks i ...
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  17 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Caritas monitors malnourished children Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas, together with organizations such as Médicos Unidos and Radar de los Barrios, has recently promoted a day of monitoring in the western area of Caracas during which assistance to 56 chil ...
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  17 February 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Meeting of Bishops on the situation of the country: the rights of farmers are not respected Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) will meet in Assembly on Monday, February 20, to evaluate and reflect on its program for the year 2017. About a year ago (see Fides 14/03/2016) the Bi ...
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  16 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Mexico without child labor": only 14 companies out of 4000 respect this trademark Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - According to information distributed by the Secretariat of Labor and Social Security, in Zacatecas, there are about 49 thousand 300 child workers under 15 years of age. According to statistics ...
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  16 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Cordoba comments the new law: "Donating an organ does not contradict the Catholic doctrine, but we must be vigilant" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Law n. 1805, passed by Congress last August and recently ratified, establishes organ donation in Colombia as mandatory. "There is nothing wrong in it" said His Exc. Mgr. Juan Vicente Cordoba Vill ...
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  16 February 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Pataz, one of the poorest provinces in the Country Tayabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The province of Pataz is one of the poorest in Peru, situated in the region of La Libertad. According to an estimate by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, 11 districts out of 13 in Pataz fal ...
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  16 February 2017
  AMERICA/STATI UNITI - Aumenta la solidarietà con i popoli indigeni, denuncia dei lavori di Keystone e Dakota AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Solidarity with the indegenous peoples increases: Franciscans condemn President’s executive order advancing the Dakota Access and Keystone Pipelines Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan ...
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  15 February 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops meeting at the border: "It is necessary to adopt government policies which respect the basic human rights of migrants" Brownsville (Agenzia Fides) - "Over the years we have seen the pain caused by a broken immigration system, by structural policies and economic conditions, that generate threats, deportations, impunity and extreme violenc ...