America

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  21 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Church and popular movements: a day of reflection on the 3T project Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – There are now sixty popular movements throughout the country that, together with the General Labor Confederation (CGT) and the Social Pastoral Ministry, next Saturday, September 24, will ...
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  20 September 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Mgr. Vian Morales: "The exploitation of farmers and indigenous people must end" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not continue with the exploitation of farmers and indigenous people and tell the truth at all times": These are the two prerequisites for a better country indicated by the Archbishop ...
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  20 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Rosario: the city of 'soldier' children involved in drugs and crime Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - Drugs and guerrillas continue to involve an increasing number of children recruited for trafficking and espionage in the Argentine city of Rosario. It is a lawless territory, where vendettas amo ...
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  20 September 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Two priests kidnapped and killed in Veracruz state Poza Rica (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement the Mexican diocese of Papantla confirmed the violent death of two priests: Fr. Alejo Nabor Jiménez Juárez and José Alfredo Suárez de la Cruz. According to information gathe ...
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  19 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Preventive campaigns against labor and child exploitation in the department of Bolivar Magangué (Agenzia Fides) - The exploitation of children, is a phenomenon which has always existed in the countries of the Caribbean Coast. To address this emergency, the Colombian Police has promoted a number of campaig ...
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  19 September 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Meetings without walls": a march for 11 million people separated from their families El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - "Meetings without walls, a march for families" is the slogan of the event which takes place today, 19 September, in El Paso, organized by the Border Network for Human Rights. The note sent to F ...
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  19 September 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - First day of school in Chiapas, after 3 months of teachers strike San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, His Exc. Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, supported the efforts of the leaders of the National Center of Education Workers ...
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  16 September 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Children protest against child labor San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of children and teenagers in some neighborhoods of the municipal district of San Cristobal gathered in a march carrying protest banners for the respect of their rights and duties, ...
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  16 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On September 26, the signing of the Peace Accords, after 52 years of internal conflict Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 September 2016, the ceremony for the signing of the Peace Accords between the government of President Manuel Santos and former guerrilla group FARC will take place in the city of Cartagena ...
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  16 September 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - A thousand houses and an entire area under construction for poor families Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to give dignity to people who have been forgotten" said the President of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, who yesterday visited the construction site where works are being carried out for the fut ...
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  15 September 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Apostolic Vicar of Napo: "The spread of drugs among the very young is a big challenge" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The serious problem of drug use which is widespread among the young has become a big challenge" says His Exc. Mgr. Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I., Apostolic Vicar of Napo, Ecuador, who is in Rome for ...
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  15 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meeting of union leaders with the Bishops on the serious economic situation Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday afternoon, 14 September, the leaders of the "Central General de Trabajadores" (CGT - Central Workers' Union) throughout the country, met with His Exc. Mgr. José María Arancedo a ...
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  14 September 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Basic Ecclesial Communities in America: after 50 years the need to relaunch them according to the signs of time Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The X Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Basic Ecclesial Communities (CEB) opened yesterday, September 13, in Luque in Paraguay. The delegates of the CEB across the continent will par ...
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  13 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Chanes and Guarani ask the Bishop for help: "we have no other way to make our voices heard" Aguaray (Agenzia Fides) - The native population of the Far North of Argentina, near the border with Bolivia and Paraguay, asked the Bishop of Oran, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta, to intervene with the provincial ...
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  13 September 2016
  AMERICA - A virtual platform for the prevention and eradication of child labor Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the International Day of South-South Cooperation, the Latin America and Caribbean free of child labor Regional Initiative (IR) has introduced its new virtual platform: www.i ...