America

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  18 January 2024
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - 16 non-governmental organizations dissolved, including some Catholic organizations Managua (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the release of 19 Catholic Bishops, priests and seminarians (see Fides, 15/1/2024) detained in the prisons of Managua, it became known that sixteen non-governmental organization ...
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  15 January 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Security forces regain control of prisons and free hostages Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In Ecuador, eleven police officers and a total of 201 prison officers have been released in seven prisons in the country, where they had been taken hostage by revolting prisoners (see Fides 12/1/2 ...
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  12 January 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - There are still 180 hostages in prisons; the bishops: "May Ecuador once again be a place of peace, work and fraternity" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - There are still 180 hostages in the hands of prisoners in revolt in 7 prisons in Ecuador. Since January 8, 158 prison guards and 20 members of administrative staff have been taken hostage, just af ...
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  11 January 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Ecuador shows that illegal trade has a strong destabilizing force” Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in a state of war and must not surrender to terrorist groups", said the President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa speaking yesterday, January 10, to the nation, traumatized by the violence unleash ...
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  10 January 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Latin American countries concerned about the situation in Ecuador Quito (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing concern in Latin America about the situation in Ecuador, where President Daniel Noboa spoke yesterday, January 9, of an "internal armed conflict". Noboa, meanwhile, ordered the mi ...
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  9 January 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Gangster boss manages to escape from prison: President declares a state of emergency Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In Ecuador a state of emergency has been declared due to the escape of the country's "number 1 criminal". The measure was taken yesterday, January 8, by President Daniel Noboa after José Adolfo M ...
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  3 January 2024
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Kenyan missionary found dead; Warao indigenous people call for "serious and credible" investigation Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - A "serious and credible" investigation into the death of the missionary "with a big smile". This is what the Warao community from the Delta Amacuro state in eastern Venezuela is demanding in ord ...
• 21 December 2023
  AMERICA/CUBA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 13, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Fr. Víctor López Latore as National Director of the Pontifical Mis ...
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  21 December 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - El Tren de Aragua: the transnational gang that exploits Venezuelan migrants Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Among the transnational gangs of Latin American origin, El Tren de Aragua is the only one born in Venezuela that also operates in several countries of the Southern Cone. The group, which emerged ...
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  15 December 2023
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pironio and Romero: friends also in Paradise by Gianni Valente Campana (Agenzia Fides) – Friendships emerge among the Saints, a reflection of their common friendship with Christ. Friendships that also help them to go through the apostolic sufferings that almost ...
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  11 December 2023
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic priest killed in Nebraska Omaha (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic priest Stephen Gutgsell was stabbed to death during a burglary yesterday, Sunday, December 10, in the rectory of the parish of St. John the Baptist in Fort Cahloun, a small community in N ...
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  6 December 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Venezuela announces the creation of a Military Zone that includes the area of Guyana claimed by Caracas Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, December 5, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro announced the creation of the Global Defense Operational Zone ZODI (a sort of military command region) "Guyana Esequiba", cover ...
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  1 December 2023
  AMERICA/GUYANA- Contested region of Guyana Esequiba: Tensions between Venezuela and Guyana Georgetown (Agenzia Fides) - The relationship between Guyana and Venezuela is tense since today, December 1st, the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Guyana's request for interim measures to stop the ...
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  15 November 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fifth National Missionary Congress invites you to a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the martyrs of the Amazon region Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - Communities of faithful, parishes, mission territories of the Archdiocese of Manaus took part in the pilgrimage of the Martyrs of the Amazon region, which took place last Sunday within the framew ...
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  10 November 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fifth National Missionary Congress: From the Amazon Region to the ends of the world Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - In Manaus, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, around 1,200 people from all over Brazil have gathered to take part in the Fifth National Missionary Congress, which begins today and runs until N ...