America

• 25 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The popular referendum on peace agreements with the FARC is almost ready Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Senate approved after a long discussion, with 59 votes in favor and 5 against, the law that will allow to hold a referendum on whether to approve peace agreements with the FARC (Rev ...
• 24 October 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "It is time for human integration": conclusions of the meeting between Peru, Bolivia and Chile La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Permanent Councils of the Episcopal Conferences of Peru, Bolivia and Chile have published their reflection at the end of the Tripartite Meeting of these countries (see Fides 23 ...
• 24 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Education, health care and food for children belonging to poor communities Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Every day an unidentified number of children in the Panamanian community Las Garzas de Pacora abandon school and do not have anything to eat. The members of the Fundación Nutricional Teresa de J ...
• 24 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Towards the Symposium on Theology India: the Church more present in different cultures Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - To evaluate, discern and reflect on what aspects of indigenous cultures can be incorporated in the practices of the Catholic religion: this is the orientation that guides the preparation of the F ...
• 24 October 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Two thousand children sentenced to life behind bars along with their imprisoned mothers La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - It is estimated that approximately 2,000 children in Bolivia have no other alternative but to live in prisons with their mothers who are serving their sentences. Life behind bars is the price the ...
• 23 October 2013
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - " They only leave crumbs, generate social conflicts and destroy the environment": Mgr. Ramazzini on foreign mining companies Huehuetenango (Agenzia Fides) - The mining companies, mostly Canadian, which exploit the gold, silver and other metals in Guatemala and Mexico, "not only leave crumbs, but are generating social conflicts, and then, in ad ...
• 23 October 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Integration, youth and migration: Priorities of the tripartite meeting in Peru, Bolivia and Chile La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The V tripartite meeting between Peru, Bolivia and Chile is in progress in La Paz (Bolivia), attended by 15 Bishops of the three local churches in Latin America. The meeting, which began on Monda ...
• 23 October 2013
  AMERICA/CUBA - School Education for disabled children Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In Cuba there are 350 special schools where almost 39,000 children study. Other 70 000 with different types of disabilities attend regular centers. Educating children with disabilities is the go ...
• 22 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Terrorism alarm in Tumaco: commission lead by the Bishop seeks dialogue with the FARC Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of recent terrorist attacks carried out by the FARC ( Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) to power lines in the city are tremendous for the people of Tumaco. For this reason, ...
• 22 October 2013
  AMERICA/CUBA - Entrepreneurs trained in courses promoted by the Catholic Church Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Cuban Catholic Church has launched new training courses in order to obtain a diploma as entrepreneur. Thanks to a collaboration with Mexican universities, new entrepreneurs are then given the ...
• 21 October 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA – Schoolbags and free educational materials for 30,000 children in the Country Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - 30,000 children across the Country received free schoolbags and educational materials through an education program sponsored by the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA Centro de Arte La Estancia. ...
• 21 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA – Devious persecution against the Church: the complaint of the Bishop of Esteli Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "I have already denounced not only the fact of having the phone under control, but also a devious persecution that is being carried out. One cannot talk openly and honestly without being subject ...
• 21 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Even 140 young conscripts engaged in the campaign "Mexico without hunger" Nuevo Laredo (Agenzia Fides) - 140 young conscripts of the Mexican military service (SMM) are participating in the annual campaign "A Mexico without hunger", organized by the local Caritas. The start of the campaign was ...
• 19 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – More violence in Baja California: an officer killed in front of the Bishop's house Mexicali (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in Baja California Norte (Mexico) does not stop: last night Antonio Ruiz Vargas, a security officer was killed. The note sent to Fides Agency reports that the officer was found dead in ...
• 19 October 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Children, adolescents and mothers: main victims of dengue Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health of Paraguay, the main victims of dengue hemorrhagic fever are currently children, adolescents and mothers. To cope with this emergency, ...