The small villages of the Tarahumara Indians in northern Mexico – where temperatures have risen above 50 degrees this year – have to deal not only with climate change, but also with injustice and discrimination. We accompany Brother Ricardo Greenley, a Jesuit, on one of his visits to Christian communities. Sand and desert, villages and…
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A place where you can feel at home, welcomed and listened to. An island of refuge, in the turbulent sea of life. The project is called Get Up and Walk, in Salvador de Bahia. Emma Maribel Chiolini a young lay Comboni missionary who works on the project, tells us about it. Imagine a place where…
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The Ayoreos are an ethnic group that live in the eastern part of Bolivia. They number about 4,000 and live distributed in 29 communities. The name “Ayoreo” means “true men”. It refers to their way of life as hunters and gatherers. A glance at their wedding celebration. The celebration of marriage is not as rigidly…
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Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is the heir apparent of Amlo, the outgoing president. She will lead the second country in Latin America by population. Many challenges to face from corruption to violence. From October 1st, Claudia Sheinbaum, will lead Mexico. In the elections of June 2nd, she clearly beat (36 million votes against 16.5, over 30…
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The country is preparing for the next presidential elections which will be held on October 27th. The Frente Amplio is currently ahead in the polls. We retrace the political and economic path of this South American country. Located on the Atlantic side of the Southern Cone, and second in extension only to Suriname, Uruguay is…
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Despite the privileged position it enjoys and the fertility of its land, Uruguay presents a large disproportion between its territorial area of 176, 215 thousand km², and the number of its inhabitants equal to 3, 5 million, comparable to those of any capital. Of these, approximately 1,381,000 live in the capital Montevideo. In the opinion…
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Significant reforms. Opening up to new markets. The presidency of Pepe Mujica. The victory of the socialist Tabaré Vázquez within the Frente Amplio confederation, achieved in the first round with 50.05% of the votes, followed the wave of political change that had affected the Indio-Latin continent since the end of the 1990s and which was…
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For indigenous peoples, the earth is like a mother who offers her children the best that she herself can produce. Women are the producers and guardians of the common home. At Guarani ceremonies in Paraguay, shamans perform prayers in the form of a sacred dance to the rhythm of the beating (with the tacuara) of…
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The affirmation of the current President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, leader of the Partido Nacional de Uruguay, put an end to the government cycle of the Frente Amplio whose candidate was defeated with around 30 thousand votes of difference in the Presidential elections of December 2019. President Lacalle, whose victory is in line with the…
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Two young lay Comboni missionaries talk to us about their experience among people fighting for their rights and dignity. About 25 minutes have passed since the last whistle of that endless train with 300 carriages and 4 km long, and now another one is already arriving. As time goes by, we pay more and more…
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The occupation of the country implemented by Washington opened the way for big US capital eager to extend their control over the sugar cane plantations and other sources of wealth. Washington, in particular, took care to secure its investments by establishing an impressive police force with the task of guaranteeing order and peace but above…
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The year 2017 saw the end of the MINUSTAH special mission made up of around 7,000 soldiers belonging to an international force provided by 19 states most of them Latin American. In addition to the failure to obtain the results it should have achieved, it was tainted by serious scandals linked to episodes of sexual…
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When asked how a farmer’s daughter who became a Catholic nun ended up as one of Brazil’s most influential refugee advocates, Sister Rosita Milesi, 79,…
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Vusi was an honest man and a hard worker. He had cleared a large piece of moorland and turned it into a beautiful fertile field. He…
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On 24 November, the Solemnity of Christ the King, on the occasion of World Youth Day in the Particular Churches, in St. Peter's Basilica the traditional…
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