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.
Latin America
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
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.
Posted inFaith, News
On Christmas, Nicaraguan bishop reiterates calls for dialogue
Managua Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Jose Baez reiterated his calls for dialogue and respecting human dignity in Nicaragua, where the president has crushed protests, closed critical media outlets and persecuted anyone — including priests — publicly opposing his administration.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Echoes of Graham Greene in the Andes
Lynn Monahan has done a superb job of capturing the feel of Andean Latin America—the shabby metropolis of middle-class Lima, the precariousness of a bus ride up the ragged side of a mountain, the poverty and rich culture of the rural Quechua people.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Confronting femicide in Brazil
Ms. Morais’s death is a notorious example of an everyday horror in Brazil and other Latin American states: the crime of femicide. In 2017 at least 2,795 women were victims of femicide in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Centuries later, Jesuit missions in South America are still strengthening communities
A new study finds higher literacy rates and income levels in the areas around former Jesuit missions in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
In Honduras, Berta Cáceres’s killers have been convicted
The court ruled that the murder was premeditated with the “consent of Desa executives.” Desa is the Honduran company holding the concession for a hydroelectric dam project on the Gualcarque River on disputed land.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
In an overcrowded Tijuana shelter, asylum seekers from Central America begin a long wait
Thousands of caravan migrants now wait in tents at the Benito Juárez Sports Complex in Tijuana, unsure if they will ever be allowed to enter the United States.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Juan Carlos Cruz: the survivor who changed the pope’s mind on sex abuse
Pope Francis dismissed Chilean victims’ allegations as ‘slander’—and then apologized.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I was an American missionary in Honduras. I witnessed firsthand the violence they endure.
In Honduras, paradise and hell are next-door neighbors, and you can hear the gunshots at night from both places.