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April 7, 2017

U.S. urged to consider conditions in Central America before mass deportation

Members of the Armed Forces of El Salvador at the launching ceremony of the Tri-National Force , aimed at fighting and disrupting street gangs, organized crime and cross-border violence by monitoring shared border areas.

MEXICO CITY – An international organization that works to prevent conflict urged the United States not to institute mass deportations or harsh anti-migration measures without checking on the conditions in the Central American countries to which it is returning migrants.

Published in International
December 5, 2014

A Christmas gift for suffering South Sudan

A man fills a bag with cassava, also known as manioc, at the Ubangi River near the border between Congo and Central African Republic in this February photo. Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, visited the conflict-ridden neighbours South Sudan and the Central African Republic.

The world’s newest nation is in big trouble.

Following more than 20 years of civil war between north and south Sudan, the independent nation of the Republic of South Sudan was born in 2011.

But the birth of the new nation didn't come without pain. The many years of war brought not only much death, but also drained South Sudan of valuable resources, leaving it extremely poor.

Published in Tony Magliano