AMERICA/CHILE - Floods force more than 40 000 children not to go to school
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - A tsunami of mud and floods hit the Chilean Atacama desert region, in the north of Chile, causing deaths, people missing and thousands injured as well as more than 40 thousand children ...
AMERICA/MEXICO - Another priest killed
Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Morelia (in the Mexican state of Michoacan), Cardinal Alberto Suárez Inda, announced the sad news of the murder of Fr. Francisco Javier Gutiérrez, pastor of Our Lady of the R ...
8 April 2015
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Can one sing the Alleluia in the world we live in?"
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Can one sing the Alleluia in the world we live in? Can we rejoice in Argentina today and in the reality we live in Santiago? Often we experience the same desolation of the disciples at the tom ...
1 April 2015
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Special care for children infected with chikungunya
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In Colombia, until the month of February, about 25 000 cases of chikungunya virus were registered regarding children under 9 years of age and almost 29 000 among 10 to 19 year olds. According to ...
1 April 2015
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Morales's party wins, but loses much political ground
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - According to information sent to Fides, after the municipal and regional elections on March 29, the " Movimiento al Socialismo" (MAS) of President Evo Morales managed to remain as the first polit ...