America

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  21 May 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Two years ago the Bishops' letter to President Ortega, still unanswered Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Two years have gone by since the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) delivered the document "En Búsqueda de Nuevos Horizontes, para una Nicaragua mejor" (Seeking new horizo ...
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  20 May 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Clear objectives to reduce poverty and protect democracy San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy presented a new version of the legislation to help solve the financial crisis Puerto Rico is going through. The recent bill for Puerto Rico entitled "PROMESA" ( ...
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  20 May 2016
  AMERICA - CELAM presidency on a visit to the Roman Curia to talk about projects Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - CELAM members are visiting the Vatican departments this week to exchange viewpoints, and especially to present to them the 80 programs in which they are working on in Latin America, ranging ...
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  19 May 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Crisis gets more and more serious, Mgr. Gallagher cancels his trip Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuela continues to experience a serious internal crisis, due to the clash between President Nicolás Maduro and opposition, who show no sign of creating the minimum conditions for dialogue ( ...
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  19 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Insecurity, unemployment and poverty for Afro Cúcuta descendants Cúcuta (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest census, 6,400 Afro descendants reside in the city of Cúcuta, on the border with Venezuela. Unemployment and racism are among the main problems regarding members of this ...
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  19 May 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Calm returns in San Pedro, Mgr. Ozoria warns not to expect an absolute power San Pedro de Macoris (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Ozoria Acosta, Bishop of the diocese of San Pedro de Macoris, condemned the incidents that took place in recent days in the Dominican Republic because of the ...
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  18 May 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mothers infected with the zika virus give birth to healthy children Managua (Agenzia Fides) - A small success in the health sector concerns the case of five pregnant women infected with the Zika virus in Nicaragua who have given birth to healthy babies, without microcephaly. According to ...
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  18 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Reopen the border to live as brothers: difficulties in the negotiations Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - It was a bad surprise for the governor of Norte de Santander (Colombia), William Villamizar, and the Bishop of Cúcuta (Colombia), His Exc. Mgr. Victor Manuel Ochoa, to be stopped at the border w ...
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  18 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Being a woman and a Maya means encountering major difficulties regarding human rights Merida (Agenzia Fides) - Being a woman and a member of the Mayan ethnic group represent major difficulties when it comes to achieving human rights. As part of the forum Mayan Women and their Human Rights, the President o ...
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  18 May 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meeting of the border dioceses: There is only one crisis, which is socio-environmental Corrientes (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the progressive degradation and the threat to our planet and to human beings as an integral part of the planetary ecosystem, we assume the complexity of the situation that affects ever ...
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  17 May 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Thirty thousand Missionary Childhood and Adolescence groups celebrate their Day Maranhão (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão and President of the National Missionary Council (Comina), invites all Missionary Childhood and Adolescen ...
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  17 May 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Danilo Medina wins the election Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Although 44% of seats are to be scrutinized, Danilo Medina, current President of the Dominican Republic, has been declared the winner of the elections. "What has happened is a victory of ...
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  17 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Five suicides concerning young people in 24 hours, "we must do something urgently" says the Bishop Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) - "What we want to know is why? What is happening to young people? What are the problems that lead to suicide?" asks His Exc. Mgr. José Guadalupe Torres Campos, Bishop of Ciudad Juarez. The ...
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  16 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Missionary Congress in Bucaramanga: "Colombian missionary Church goes forth" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We are the Colombian Church in missionary going forth" is the theme of the XII National Missionary Congress of Colombia to be held in Bucaramanga from 26 to 29 May. The organisers of the congres ...
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  16 May 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A month after the earthquake: religious celebrations while the emergency continues Quito (Agenzia Fides) - One month after the earthquake that has isolated Ecuador's northern coastal area, 120 thousand children are in urgent need of temporary spaces where to attend school lessons. The earthquake on Apr ...