The tragedy raises anew the question: Is Brazil capable of pursuing economic development while responsibly caring for its environment?
Latin America
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Unpacking Pope Francis’ comments on married priests and Venezuela
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry O’Connell and I update you on Pope Francis’ recent comments on the possibility of married priests, as well as on the current crisis in Venezuela.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal O’Malley: Venezuela’s interim president has a formula that could avoid a civil war
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley believes that Venezuela’s interim president, Juan Guaido, “has come up with a formula that could avoid a civil war, could avoid bloodshed” in the country, and he regrets that the country’s military have “not yet” sided with him.
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Asylum seekers to wait in Mexico starting Friday
The Trump administration on Friday will start forcing some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts, an official said, launching what could become one of the more significant changes to the immigration system in years.
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Despite ‘zero poverty’ promise in Argentina, poverty is on the rise
Soup lines are longer, more people depend on charities to get by, and more live on the streets or have joined the burgeoning populations of Argentina’s impoverished villas.
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Unrest roils Venezuela amid new push to topple Maduro
Venezuela’s re-invigorated opposition faces a crucial test Wednesday as it seeks to fill streets nationwide with protesters in an appeal to the military and the poor to shift loyalties that until recently looked solidly behind President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government.
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A slow motion coup gathers steam in Guatemala
“What they are doing not only puts Guatemala at risk but the entire region. Bit by bit, for more than a year, they have been trying to divide us. The elections are at risk. We are six months away.”
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Venezuelan bishops say Maduro government illegitimate, call for change
The Venezuelan bishops’ conference has labeled the new government of Nicolas Maduro “illegitimate” and called for a “change in government.”
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Remembering Jesuit Father Charles Currie, who “lived his faith through action”
Politicians, educators and social justice leaders are remembering Charles Currie, S.J., whose passion for seeking justice in Central America made him a trusted adviser in Washington, D.C.
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In Brazil, Bolsonaro, the ‘Trump of the Tropics,’ takes office
Mr. Bolsonaro’s far-right rhetoric during the campaign has led to uncertainties about his policies as president and drawn international concern about the course he will set for the nation.