Ten days before he died, Franciscan priest Fr Brendan Forde was presented with a diploma of honour on behalf of the government of Chile by President Michael D Higgins in Dublin. At Athe Chilean embassy, the President said it was in recognition of the humanitarian assistance Fr Forde...
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South America has suffered through an intense and often record-breaking heatwave this year. Chile saw temperatures surpass 35°C (95°F) in August despite it being winter. In Bolivia it was 45°C (113°F). And in Brazil it was over 38°C (100.4°F). Climate change and El Niño are the main...
Fresh off a visit to three Latin American capitals, New York Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez says it is time for the U.S. to chart a “new path forward” with its neighbors to the south. “It is in our own interest to try to engage Latin America in a way that is respectful, in a way that...
PANAMA/NEW YORK, 7 September 2023 – Children are migrating through Latin America and the Caribbean in record numbers and now account for a larger share of the migrant population than other regions in the world, according to a UNICEF child alert issued today. Record numbers of...
Children are migrating through Latin America and the Caribbean in record numbers, driven by gang violence, poverty, instability and climate change, the United Nations reported Wednesday. In the first seven months of 2023, more than 60,000 children crossed the Darien Gap, a major migration...