America

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  16 June 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Guajira: hunger, thirst, poverty, lack of education Riohacha (Agenzia Fides) - Guajira is the Colombian department with the highest index of poverty. There is no water and food and there are many unmet basic needs. Children are those who suffer most, who unfortunately die ...
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  15 June 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary Campaign 2016 begins: "The cure for the common home is our mission" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - 220,000 copies of "Missionary Novena" have just been printed, one of the subsidies for the animation of the Missionary Campaign in Brazil which this year has the theme "The cure for the common ...
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  15 June 2016
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Fleeing the violence of the 'maras' San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - El Salvador is experiencing a serious outbreak of violence among criminal gangs. According to information sent to Fides, the small but densely populated Central American nation registered m ...
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  15 June 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops' message for the elections: No to the single party, yes to ideological plurality Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN), at the end of its meeting yesterday, in which it examined the reality that the country is experiencing, published a special message to the people of ...
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  14 June 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Denying rights kills people, there is very little space for democratic participation Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua continue to speak out against the decision of President Daniel Ortega not to allow the presence of national and international observers, in the presidential elections on ...
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  14 June 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Twenty-one children repatriated in the last 36 months San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - 20% of the total number of repatriated migrants in Honduras are minors. According to data of the National Center of Information of the Honduran Social Sector (Ceniss), over the past 36 ...
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  14 June 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Letter of the Prior of the Dominicans: "The situation is terrible, people suffer from hunger, human rights are violated" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Venezuela is terrible" and "the population suffers from hunger": these expressions highlight the difficult and painful situation faced by Venezuelans and are found in a letter ...
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  13 June 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Family massacred in Tehuacan, the Bishop: stop all violence Tehuacan (Agenzia Fides) - "I am deeply saddened by the tragedy: some hooded people killed members of a family in the Mirador community, belonging to the parish of Coxcatlan. Eleven people killed in only one family, incl ...
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  13 June 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Four years after the massacre of Curuguaty investigations do not go ahead Canindeyú (Agenzia Fides) - The Paraguayan Bishop of the diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, His Exc. Mgr. Mario Melanio Medina Salinas, celebrated yesterday, Sunday, June 12, a Holy Mass in the countryside of ...
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  10 June 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - After the peaceful march, some students break into a church and destroy a crucifix Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of a peaceful demonstration carried out by high school and university students that took place yesterday in the Chilean capital, a group of masked young men entered the church of Gra ...
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  10 June 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Catholic Movement for the family will demonstrate in front of the seat of the OAS Assembly Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Dominican Church expressed its concern because the theme of the family, very timely and especially important in this time of crisis, is not included in the agenda in the Assem ...
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  9 June 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Doctors are asking the Church's intervention to get medicines in hospitals Maracay (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis that affects the Central Hospital in Maracay due to the lack of medical supplies and surgical materials, has forced medical specialists of the main hospital of the state of Aragua to ...
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  9 June 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary Youth launches a campaign to help Indonesian children Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Demonstrating its commitment to mission "beyond the borders", the Missionary Youth (JM) of Brazil has launched the "Corrente Solidaria" project, which provides for cooperation between the JM of ...
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  9 June 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Mgr. González Nieves: "Before the crisis we have to self-determine our relationship with the US" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "I am in favor of the legislation because pensions and social services can be paid before paying the debt" wrote the Archbishop of San Juan (Puerto Rico), His Exc. Mgr. Roberto Gonzalez Nieves, ...
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  8 June 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Mgr. Simon Piorno to the new President: "It is time to think about the Country" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, His Exc. Mgr. Angel Francisco Simon Piorno, expects the members of the new Congress to support the measures of the new Head of State. "I hope the fujimori ...