Latin America Archives - Page 30 of 36

Brazil’s rainforest in danger

13/10/2010 Brazil, Climate Change, Food, Latin America by Caritas Communications

By Carlos García Paret, a climate activist from the Brazilian Amazon The situation in Brazil regarding climate change is quite different from that in industrialised nations with higher emissions, such as China, the USA and the EU. As the world’s fourth highest producer of greenhouse gases, 50 percent of Brazil’s emissions derive from deforestation and ...

Caritas aid worker killed in robbery in Haiti

12/10/2010 Haiti, Latin America, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is deeply saddened to announce that one of its local staff in Port-au-Prince has been killed. 27-year-old Julien Kénord had just cashed a $2000 check at a local bank when he was shot by unknown assailants in his car. Mr. Kénord died from his injuries in hospital shortly after. Mr. Kénord was an employee ...

Facts about land justice in Brazil

8/09/2010 Brazil, Development, Extractive Industries, Latin America, Paraguay, Poverty Elimination by Caritas Communications

The Caritas Brazilian Bazaar project is also supporting the campaign with urns at each of its businesses – artisans and small, family-based farmers among others.

Independence day in Brazil

8/09/2010 Advocacy, Brazil, Labor exploitation, Latin America, Migration by Caritas Communications

By Angela Page Brazil marked Independence day on 7 September. It was a public holiday, a day for celebration. But for many Brazilians it seems that little has changed since colonial times. Some landowners still own farms the size of a small country and continue to wield great power. “With such huge estates it is ...

Peace week – have we forgotten Colombia?

1/09/2010 Colombia, Latin America, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas calls for solidarity with the people of Colombia as the country prepares to celebrate “Peace Week – La Semana por la Paz”. Millions of people have fled their homes and many have been killed or maimed in the forty-five year plus internal armed conflict in Colombia. It is a massive humanitarian crisis that has ...

Caritas urges European Union not to turn migrants into criminals

29/08/2010 Advocacy, Domestic servitude, Europe, Female face of migration, Labor exploitation, Latin America, Migration by Caritas Communications

Caritas is calling on European governments to stop the criminalization of migrants as outlined in new EU legislation. Caritas organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean have urged Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and European Union states to review their harmful common migration policies. Caritas and church organisation in Europe backed the call, saying ...

Six months after Chile quake

27/08/2010 Aid Success Story, Chile, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergency in Chile, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Chile is getting back on its feet six months after the 27 February earthquake left millions without homes and in need of aid. Caritas responded immediately, providing food, shelter, warm clothing and compassion, reaching over a million people. Now Caritas is switching to reconstruction and rehabilitation. But Lorenzo Figueroa, Secretary General of Caritas Chile, says ...

Caritas Colombia President Bishop Prieto dedicated life to peace

26/08/2010 Colombia, Latin America, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya , President of Caritas Colombia. Msgr Prieto, 69, Bishop of Cúcuta died in Bogotá last night on 25 August following a serious illness. “Msgr Prieto was dedicated to bringing peace to his country. Right up until the final months of his ...

Food distributions continuing in Haiti

9/07/2010 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Until today, Caritas has helped more than 1.5 million people with food in Port-au-Prince, Léogâne and its surroundings as well as 9 other dioceses. During the month of June, the distributions have benefitted more than 75,000 displaced people in Port-au-Prince and more than 100,000 people in the Nippes, Grandes Anse and the Southern provinces. Food ...

Shelter still a major challenge in Haiti

9/07/2010 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Providing shelter to the many people who lost their homes in the earthquake remains a major challenge. Over a million people still live in makeshift settlements and camps around the capital Port-au-Prince. More than 250,000 houses were destroyed. Over the last six months, Caritas provided emergency shelter or temporary homes to almost 160,000 people in ...