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Who are going to be the new cardinals?
… Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. 28. Leopol LeJosé Brenes Solórzano, archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua. 29. Fausto Justo Trávez Trávez, O.F.M., archbishop of Quito, Ecuador. Additional …
In honor of the SOA victims: 'No más! No more!'
… to subvert the democratic process using Cold War-era tactics. We cry, " No más ! No more!" In Nicaragua, over 4,000 soldiers were trained at the SOA for Somoza's National Guard death squads. … that were killed during the 45 years of rule, and to all the families that sought for a better Nicaragua, we cry, " No más ! No more!" In Venezuela, in April 2002, graduates of the SOA were …
The assassination of John F. Kennedy and 'Project Unspeakable'
… silencing, and killing off the voices of truth, this Unspeakable evil pursued its warpath in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and Colombia and then the war on terrorism and the U.S. …
Shutdown of Salvadoran human rights office disturbing in light of war atrocities
… determined not to have another Central American country taken over by leftists, as happened in Nicaragua in 1979 when the Sandinistas came to power. The administration was intent, therefore, …
Christian Foundation for Children and Aging co-founder Bob Hentzen dies
… home in Guatemala to Chile. During the journey, they crossed through El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. "Society has told [the poor] …
The next mayor of New York?
… to stop the Reagan wars in Central America, especially the contra war against the people of Nicaragua. Religious people and groups of all kinds, especially Catholics with millions of … Center that organized cargo containers of humanitarian aid for victims of the contra war in Nicaragua. It was "aid with a purpose." Cargo containers were regularly parked in front of a …
American-made weapons feed chaos in Egypt
… coup in Egypt and subsequent events, and the United States is not exempt. As in El Salvador, Nicaragua, East Timor, Angola, Lebanon and Gaza in previous years, the killing of civilians in …
The church should side with dedicated immigrants
… comes from in Central America. Every six months, we send a delegation to our sister parish in Nicaragua to check on the progress of our housing project there. So far, we have built 150 houses … man in Maryland probably lived in a house like that back home in Guatemala. Last time I was in Nicaragua, I met a young man who is a sort of "spiritual cousin" to the guy on the bicycle in … is it so cool in here?" he asked. He had never been in an air-conditioned vehicle. Buses in Nicaragua are not air-conditioned. If he got a ride into town, it would probably be on the back …
Former UN General Assembly head asks Obama to stop warmongering
… former president of the UN General Assembly (2008-2009) and former foreign minister of Nicaragua (1979-1990), penned an open letter to President Barack Obama in August, before the … clarity. --- His Excellency Barack Obama President of the United States of America Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 25, 2013 Dear Brother President Barack Obama, I write to you this Sunday morning, … and the girls, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, M.M. Catholic priest Former foreign minister of Nicaragua President of the 63rd UN General Assembly Session …
In confronting a violent past, Guatemalans find miracles in present
… worse than anything experienced, for instance, in neighboring El Salvador or a country away in Nicaragua. The most used figure of the number who died in Guatemala's civil war is 200,000 in a …
Preview our Ministries Special Section
… building a school. ... PRINT ONLY engineers.jpg … Engineers bring sustainable technology to Nicaragua … By Eloisa Perez-Lozano As classmates at Iowa State University in Ames in 2007, … to run their own nonprofit organization and implement systems of sustainable technology in Nicaragua. McGrath and Meier are two of four co-founders of Emerging Opportunities for …