America

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  3 March 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - After 30 years former army members found guilty of crimes against indigenous women Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – At last they have been convicted of crimes against humanity including sexual and domestic violence, sexual slavery , involving women of the village of Maya Q'eqchi', the murder Doming ...
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  3 March 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - Zika virus continues to spread, 30 countries in Latin America already affected Havana (Agenzia Fides) –Hygiene and Epidemiology Department officials, who asked not to be named, confirmed that on February 28 Cuban health authorities spoke of 21 cases of Zika virus on the island of Cuba. The gover ...
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  2 March 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Attacks on Salesian Technical Farming Schooi in Barinas Barinas (Agenzia Fides) – The Salesian community which runs a school in Barinas laments that about 15 hectares belonging to the institute are illegally occupied and recently a school truck was set on fire a few metres ...
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  2 March 2016
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops denounce: violence on children has doubled San José (Agenzia Fides) – "Mercy or Violence?" is the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Costa Rica, at the end of a recent assembly: "With deep sorrow we present information supplied ...
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  1 March 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Two hundred mayors unite to combat drug trafficking and defend persons most vulnerable Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – More than 200 mayors from all over Argentina with various political positions, and supported by representatives and leaders of different religious groups, met yesterday to sign a paper o ...
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  1 March 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - America's Catholic Bishops: “encourage prophets of mercy” Tampa (Agenzia Fides) – According to a first report on a meeting of American continent’s Catholic Bishops held in Tampa, Florida (USA), 22 - 25 February (see Fides 23/02/2016), despite the complexity of issues f ...
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  29 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call for: “Rural developemtn and ethics to build a new post-conflict Colombia ” Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – "We are highly concerned about the situation in rural areas … point nne of the peace agreement opens a window for a policy of comprehensive agricultural development ": said the Catholic Bi ...
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  29 February 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Life is impossible in the present situation of total indifference on the part of the authorities”Bishop Escobar exclaims Upper Paraguay (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Gabriel Escobar, in charge of the Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco, has urged the people living in Upper Paraguay to be more insistent in calling the authorities to fulfil their ...
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  26 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Dioceses without borders", initiative for the reception of migrants Nogales (Agenzia Fides) - An unprecedented religious celebration took place on Sunday, February 21, at the border between Agua Prieta (Mexico) and Douglas (United States), and in a few months will be repeated at the bord ...
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  26 February 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - "Let us help them Grow": campaign to donate school supplies to vulnerable children Lima (Agenzia Fides) - By People, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting people with cancer, has urged the population to provide school supplies to patients of the National Institute for Neoplasia (INEM) and H ...
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  26 February 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops' message: "Day of the Paraguayan woman" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of Paraguay greet all women on their day and remember the historical role they had and continue to have in the building of society and culture": this is how the message of the Epis ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "Commitment to culture": meeting of the border dioceses of the two countries Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their second meeting, held in a fraternal and friendly atmosphere on 15 and 16 February 2016 in Villa Cana, Cap Haitien (Haiti), the border dioceses between Haiti and the Do ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Artisanal fishing destined mainly for export Algarrobo (Agenzia Fides) - In Chile, artisanal fishing accounts for over 90% of fisheries worldwide, and workers in the sector, about half of whom are women. According to the Regional Office for Latin America and the Ca ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Towards the elections: the Provisional Electoral Council almost complete Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The various social sectors that make up the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) of Haiti have begun to nominate their new representatives in this body, following the resignation of six of ...
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  24 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Letter of the 3 Bishops of Chocó to the President to demand adequate health care Quibdo (Agenzia Fides) - The three Colombian dioceses of Quibdo, Istmina-Tado and Apartado and 68 social organizations of Chocó department, sent a letter to the President of the Republic, Juan Manuel Santos, to complain ...