Promoting Water-Smart Agriculture in Central America
Catholic Relief Services helps 100,000 farm families implement sustainable agriculture practices in the region devastated by climate change.
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Tag: Central America
Nicaraguan Regime Sentences Bishop Álvarez to 26 Years in Prison
Bishop Rolando Álvarez was sentenced to prison in Nicaragua after defying President Daniel Ortega by refusing to go into exile.
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Salvadoran Cardinal Recalls Rough Seas of His Episcopacy, and St. Romero
Cardinal Rosa Chavez describes the “red martyrdom” assassination of St. Romero and the campaign against the future saint.
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Bishop Charged with Conspiracy to Undermine Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez was charged in court with conspiracy and spreading false news in his first appearance in four months.
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Report: El Salvador Crackdown Leading to Abuses
Bystanders are being swept up and human rights abuses have increased in El Salvador’s campaign against gangs, report says.
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Salvadoran Military Mobilized against Gangs
Salvadoran troops are sent into marginalized communities to break the stranglehold of gangs who control those areas.
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Nicaraguans in Exile Tell of President Ortega’s Abuses
Now settled in Indiannapolis, Nicaraguan families who fled their country because of repression by Daniel Ortega’s administration speak about their ordeals.
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Detained Bishop in Nicaragua Says Hate must Be Answered with Love
Bishop critical of the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega because of its repression is under virtual house arrest.
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El Salvador Presses Charges for Jesuit Murders
El Salvador brings charges against a former president and 12 others in the murders of six Jesuits and two women in 1989.
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Jailed Water Activists in Honduras Released
Water activists known as the “Guapinol 8,” arrested for protesting an iron oxide mine endangering local water sources, were released.
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Nicaragua Revokes Legal Status of Catholic Projects
The Daniel Ortega-controlled national assembly of Nicaragua revokes legal status of Catholic educational and charitable projects.
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Happy to Be Here with You
Maryknoll Father William Donnelly, who served in Guatemala, recalls love of mission, even in the worst of times.
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