America
5 September 2013
AMERICA - "The serious threat to peace in Syria cannot leave anyone indifferent": peace initiatives in Latin America
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fides Agency received news of many initiatives for peace in Syria from several Latin American places in response to the Pope's appeal. The Peruvian Episcopal Conference called on all parishes, move ...
5 September 2013
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops: "We adhere to the Holy Father’s appeal for a peaceful solution to the conflict in Syria"
Washington ( Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, 30 August, in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the Bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines (Iowa), His Exc. Mgr. Richard E. Pates, President of the Episcopal Commission ...
5 September 2013
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - At least 850 suspected cases of dengue in the north of the Country
Moca (Agenzia Fides) - In different communities of Espaillat, one of the 32 Dominican provinces in the north of the Country, at least 850 suspected cases of dengue fever have been identified and the death of a person due ...
4 September 2013
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Peace is life": the 26th edition of the Week for Peace
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme "Peace is life: we bargain peace, build coexistence" ("La paz es vida: pactemos paz, construyamos convivencia"), the 26th edition of the Week for Peace will be held in Colombia, fr ...
4 September 2013
AMERICA/MEXICO – Respect, promote and recognize the human rights of indigenous women
San Cristóbal de Las Casas ( Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to work for the rights of indigenous women so that they are really respected, valued and recognized, in order to make sure that they also occupy their righ ...
2 September 2013
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Ten thousand working children: exploited, drugged, sexually abused
Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - Unemployment, exploitation, alcoholism, drug addiction, absent parents, physical and sexual abuse, a school system which is lacking are the major problems that plague the lives of many youn ...
30 August 2013
AMERICA/MEXICO - The phenomenon of child beggars needs to be stopped
Durango ( Agenzia Fides) - There are about hundreds of people who "work" on the streets, selling all kinds of goods or begging in the city of Durango. Most of them are minors who are exploited by their parents to "touch ...
29 August 2013
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Ensuring food and health care to mothers in the early months of pregnancy to prevent born babies to die of hunger
Guatemala City ( Agenzia Fides) - In Guatemala, according to official figures, a child under 5 years of age out of two suffer from chronic malnutrition because of the poverty in which 52% of the 15 million inhabitants of ...
26 August 2013
AMERICA/MEXICO - Preventing child labor in Yucatan to avoid that young children drop out of school and lose all rights to their childhood
Merida (Agenzia Fides) - In Latin America there are 14 million child laborers, among these more than three million live in Mexico.
Young children and adolescents have the right to a dignified life, they have the right ...
24 August 2013
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Violence and overcrowding in the prison of Palmasola: condemnation of Bishops
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Condemnation and deep regret for the violence but also criticisms and concerns about the issue of overcrowding of prisoners in prisons: this is what the Bolivian Bishops expressed today in a ...
24 August 2013
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Violence against children: an "epidemic" that continues to spread
San José (Agenzia Fides) – Since the beginning of 2013, 1,115 children who suffered physical assaults have been assisted at the National Pediatric Hospital (HNN) in Costa Rica. According to data released by the health ...
23 August 2013
AMERICA/PERU - Campaign against human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of minors
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Human trafficking is a crime that does not respect the fundamental rights of people, depriving them of their freedom and violates their dignity. To address the problem, the ministries for Women and ...
22 August 2013
AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Tolupanes ethnic group survives in poverty
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Tolupanes, indigenous population that lives in the central region of Honduras and that according to history, were among the first inhabitants of the Central American country, survive in ...
22 August 2013
AMERICA/PERU - "No to the smuggling of migrants", Bishops’ campaign to raise awareness in society
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "No to human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants" is the theme chosen by the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, for the National Collection of Solidarity Campaign "Compartir" (to share) to be hel ...
22 August 2013
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Over 4 million working children engaged in high-risk activities
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In Ecuador there are about 4.2 million boys, girls and adolescent workers in the age group between 5 and 17 years. Of these 359,597, l '8.56%, are exploited in high-risk activities. This is what e ...
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