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Latin America
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Instead of building walls, the U.S. should revisit good neighborism.
The Americas are one landmass. The fates of its states and its people are inseparable.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Washington needs to abandon the wall and focus on Dreamers
If our elected officials truly want to address immigration, they will abandon the politics of the wall and focus on real solutions, such as a clean Dream Act.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We must not let fear drive our immigration debate
Once again, our emotions have gotten the best of us on immigration. This time, it is that caravan.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
On Easter, Salvadorans bury priest assassinated during Holy Week
The killing has shaken Catholic Church officials, who say they still do not know what led to the assassination or what it means for the church.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Salvadoran priest assassinated during Holy Week
Authorities said Father Walter Vasquez Jimenez was traveling with parishioners March 29 to officiate a Holy Thursday Mass in San Miguel when their car was stopped by an armed group wearing masks. The other passengers were set free after their belongings were taken, but Father Vasquez was abducted, shot and left to die.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
After Peruvian president resigns, bishops urge moral, ethical recovery
Peruvian president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned amid accusations of corruption.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As activists go underground, U.N. reports on excessive force in Honduras
The U.N. report documents cases of extrajudicial murders committed by police, illegal house raids and threats and harassment against journalists and social and political activists in Honduras.
Posted inFaith, News
Romero’s miracle for canonization: Healing a woman of a life-threatening condition
Her husband was skeptical but prayed to Blessed Oscar Romero to save his wife.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope wants canonization of slain Jesuit to move forward, ambassador says
Father Grande was known as a champion of the poor and the oppressed at a time when El Salvador was on the threshold of a civil war, a war that eventually killed over 70,000 people.