Dilma Rousseff most unpopular democratically elected president since a military dictatorship
Dilma Rousseff is now Brazil’s most unpopular democratically elected president since a military dictatorship ended in 1985, says a poll out Thursday that put her approval rating at eight percent. Seventy-one percent of those questioned in the Datafolha survey said they disapprove of the way Rousseff is doing her job, up six points since June. […]
Anti-corruption protests have gripped Honduras and Guatemala in recent weeks
The crowds gather on Fridays or Saturdays, bearing torches, national flags and protest signs along the main plazas and streets of Honduras and Guatemala’s capitals. They shout slogans, lead long marches toward government buildings and circulate social media hashtags calling for their presidents to step down. Anti-corruption protests have gripped Honduras and Guatemala in recent […]
Puerto Rico officially in default; bail-out unlikely, no option for bankruptcy
Debt-ravaged Puerto Rico is in default after forking over only a fraction due in a bond payment, raising the prospect of further pain for the recession-plagued commonwealth and potential impacts on U.S. investors. Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank paid only $628,000 of the $58 million due creditors, the agency said. It said the decision “reflects […]
Search for 43 missing students in Mexico turns up corpses of at least 129 other people
The search for 43 missing college students in the southern state of Guerrero has turned up at least 60 clandestine graves and 129 bodies over the last 10 months, Mexico’s attorney general’s office says. None of the remains has been connected to the youths who disappeared after a clash with police in the city of […]
Horacio Cartes says Pope Francis touched the world’s soul
President Horacio Cartes of Paraguay said in an interview that Pope Francis’s recent visit to his nation “touched not only our nation’s soul but also the world’s.” Cartes thanked the Pope for his “simplicity and warmth, for the enormous efforts to meet people, always with a smile, and keep such an intense schedule.” “And especially […]
Pope pays homage to the women of Paraguay
Pope Francis has paid a tribute to Paraguay’s women and mothers during Mass celebrated at the country’s main pilgrimage site, Caacupe, “I pay homage to the women of Paraguay, who were able to rebuild a country destroyed by an unequal war,” he said. Most of Paraguay’s male population died in a devastating war against Brazil, […]
Pope Franics to youth – Happiness and pleasure are not synonyms
Meeting Saturday afternoon with representatives of Paraguayan society, Pope Francis addressed young people in particular, telling them they must realize that happiness is a result of working to make a more fraternal world. “Youth is a time of high ideals,” he said July 11 at Leon Condou stadium in Asuncion. “It is important that you, […]
Pope warns priests of ‘spiritual Alzheimer’s’
In his last encounter during his visit to Ecuador, Pope Francis on Wednesday warned priests and religious against career ambitions that lead to ‘spiritual Alzheimer’s.’ “When a seminarian or priest thinks too much about his career, he starts to suffer from spiritual Alzheimer’s and he loses his memory and forgets where he came from,” the […]
Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman used tunnel for prison break
Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo or “Shorty”, used an elaborate tunnel to break out of a maximum security prison, officials say. His escape route from Altiplano jail was more than 1.5km (1 mile) long and had ventilation and stairs, the national security commissioner said. Eighteen guards are being questioned. Guzman was […]
Pope Francis apologizes for crimes against native people of Latin America
Following in the footsteps of St. John Paul II, Pope Francis on Thursday asked forgiveness for crimes against the indigenous peoples of Latin America during “the so-called conquest of America.” “I say this to you with regret: many grave sins were committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God,” he said […]
