America

• 4 May 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Six months of heavy rain has caused 53 victims and 260 000 homeless Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Since November last year, when the rains began to fall, until recent days, considering the 25 regions across the country, the total affected by natural disasters is very high: 53 deaths and more th ...
• 3 May 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishop of Copiapo in the celebration of May 1, calls for "a decent wage and respect for the environment" Copiapo (Agenzia Fides) - During the celebration of Labor Day weekend, on May 1, the Bishop of Copiapo called for a revision of the minimum wages and a solution to the problems of the population of Freirina, about 500 km ...
• 3 May 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Even the priest seriously stabbed last week is still in critical condition, violence increases in the area Culiacan (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Culiacan Mexico, His Exc. Mgr. Jonás Guerrero Corona, has again deplored in an interview with journalists, the fatal attack suffered by Mgr. Simon Garcia Casas, p ...
• 2 May 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Funeral and burial in Brazil for the Italian missionary Fidei Donum found dead Bahia (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian Fidei Donum missionary found dead last Sunday, Father Luigi Plebani (see Fides 05/30/2012) will be buried in Brazil, according to his desire. Yet there is currently not an official re ...
• 2 May 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - The "constitutional recognition of the Mapuche people," asked by the Bishop of Temuco to stop violence Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - " What is happening in La Araucania is very serious," the central southern area of Chile, where the percentage of the Mapuche population is very high: the complaint comes from the Bishop of Temuc ...
• 2 May 2012
  AFRICA/MALI - Questions about the "counter coup" in Bamako Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm, one does not hear gunfire, people are going to work," says to Fides Fr. Edmond Dembele, Secretary of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, from Bamako, where on April 30 a mi ...
• 2 May 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The drama of violence and child labor, within and outside the family Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - 80% of children in the state of Jalisco undergo all types of family violence, from screams to verbal abuse, from insults to cruel physical violence. 11% of children working on the streets ar ...
• 30 April 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Aid for the population of El Chaco, who continues to be adversely affected by floods Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in the western region of El Chaco in Paraguay continues to worsen because of the persistent rains which continue to fall in the area (see Fides 18/04/2012). The floods have affec ...
• 30 April 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - 7 out of 10 children are victims of violence in the country Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against children continues to increase in almost all regions of the country, except the Magallanes and Los Ríos. According to a study carried out by NGO Activa, household vi ...
• 30 April 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - An Italian missionary found dead in Brazil Bahia (Agenzia Fides) - An Italian missionary Fidei Donum was assassinated in Brazil, in Rui Barbosa, in the State of Bahia. The victim's name was Father Louis Plebani, 62, born in Rudiano (BS) and in Brazil since 1980 a ...
• 30 April 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - "Pain and frustration for the serious situation in the prisons of the Country" expresses the head of the prison Pastoral Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "The prisons are a reality in which we lose absolutely everyone," says Fr.Javier Galdona, Episcopal Vicar for the Solidarity and Head of the Prison Pastoral of Montevideo in a statement signe ...
• 27 April 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - 20 months after the earthquake: new schools, educational and nutritional centers Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Education, healthcare and work, so that Haiti starts again with its resources from the dignity of the person. After the 2010 earthquake, the Association of Volunteers for the Internation ...
• 27 April 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The first technical training course addressed to Colombian refugees has started Alajuelita (Agenzia Fides) - The conflicts of the last two decades in Colombia have forced more than 4 million Colombians to seek refuge elsewhere: about half a million are in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela and Panama, b ...
• 26 April 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - 14 years after the murder of Mgr. Gerardi, Bishop Vian Morales supports the legacy: working for the weakest Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Guatemala, Never again" ("Guatemala, nunca mas") is the title of the report that laid bare the responsibility of the army in most of the crimes which occurred during the internal armed c ...
• 26 April 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Defending indigenous peoples and their land, it is a real genocide": say the Bishops Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) has sent to Fides the note presented to the press on April 24, concerning the defense of territories and the rights of indigenous people, of ...