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  29 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Children consume marijuana already at seven years of age Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - The consumption of drugs and drug dependancy are a fairly common phenomenon among the children of Medellin. 7-year-olds mainly consume marijuana in the department of Antioquia. What further agg ...
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  29 September 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Araucania Forum: solutions must directly come from the people of the region Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The forum "Todos somos Araucanía", an event organized by Sofofa (Sociedad de Fomento Fabril), an organization representing more than 4,000 companies, 38 associations and 23 Chilean trade union ...
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  28 September 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Thousands of Haitians at the border with the USA: more support is needed from the Mexican government Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) – In 2016, 7,800 Haitians have arrived in Mexico from Guatemala in their attempt to reach the United States, informs the Mexican immigration authorities. The National Institute of Migration (INM ...
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  28 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Farc's child soldiers start new life after peace deal Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – As part of a deal to end Colombia’s 52-year civil war, (see Fides 27/09/2016) the Farc freed 13 child soldiers from their ranks, turning them over to the International Committee of the Red Cr ...
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  28 September 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Nica Act" for Cardinal Brenes "the poor will be severly affected" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of last week, the US House of Representatives passed a bill, the "Nicaraguan Investment conditionality act", renamed "Nica Act", calling for economic sanctions against Daniel Or ...
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  27 September 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Chilean Religious in defense of the Carmelite nuns who see their cloistered life threatened Maipo (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2012, there has been a legal battle in Chile between the hydroelectric company, Coyanco, and the Carmelite cloistered nuns of Cajon del Maipo. Coyanco is trying to steal part of the monaster ...
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  27 September 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Nine out of ten children in the Amazon do not complete their studies Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Nine out of ten children in the Amazon do not complete their studies. Poverty and lack of education are causing serious problems to the development of thousands of young people in the most precario ...
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  27 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Justice embraces peace": the signing of the peace agreements at the tomb of St. Peter Claver Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - All dressed in white, together with Heads of State, Presidents and Secretaries of international organizations, foreign Ministers, authorities invited to the final signing of the peace between ...
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  24 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Castro: "For Colombia a date with history" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – Heads of State and high political authorities from world countries will be gathering in Cartagena on September 26 to attend the solemn signing of the peace agreement between the Colombian gove ...
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  23 September 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops denounce the disproportionate violence against farmers Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church condemns any acts that go against the dignity of human beings, whatever their social status is, but especially when it comes to the most vulnerable sectors of society, such as fami ...
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  23 September 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Another priest kidnapped in Michoacan Michoacan (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Morelia, Card. Alberto Suárez Inda, denounced the kidnapping of a priest from Janamuato community, in the municipality of Puruándiro, in the Mexican state of Michoacan. Thr ...
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  22 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The preparation of the V National Missionary Congress begins Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The National Council of Missions (CONAMIS) of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina (CEA) held its second meeting of the year at the national headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societie ...
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  22 September 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops: "Abortion is not a lesser evil, it is the absolute evil" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Family, live the joy of love": was the theme of the XXII Life Day, celebrated a few days ago in Peru at the end of the National Family Week. "Human life - writes the Episcopal Commission for Life ...
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  22 September 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishop of Aysen condemns the economic system in Chile: poor pensions and fishermen out of work Aysen (Agenzia Fides) - "The caravels that arrived just over 500 years ago in Latin America, now have new structures: an extreme economic wealth system that produces poverty factories" said His Exc. Mgr. Luigi Infanti de ...
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  21 September 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Very poor families protest in the streets of Potosì Potosì (Agenzia Fides) - In all of Bolivia, which has over 10 million inhabitants, more than 50,000 families live in extreme poverty and wish to leave the country in search of a decent life. This is what a local organiz ...