3,972 Colombian facebookers have joined an invitation to participate in a march against the sue-attempt of politician Ingrid Betancourt against the Colombian state as responsible for her Farc kidnapping between 2002 and 2008. Her intention of what she called a ‘conciliation’ with the Colombian government, brought a spontaneous condemnation inside and outside Colombia from several sectors. (more…)
On 2007/12/30, In Culture, By Albeiro Rodas
Australasia News, a digital agency of information of the Salesian Congregation of Don Bosco in English, underlined an interview made by the Colombian Radio Caracol to a Spaniard Salesian priest in Pakistan, Father Miguel Ruiz, who made a complete report of the situation after the assassination of Benazir Buttho. The interview was one of the first and complete notes about Pakistan at the moment. Here it is:
Building bridges in turbulent parts of the world
Lahore/Jerusalem: 29th December 2007 –Australasia News. Two of the world’s ‘hot spots’ are the Middle East and Pakistan. It is interesting to note two efforts by Salesians in those regions, best described as ‘building bridges’.
Chancing upon a radio interview between Radio Caracol (Bogotà, Colombia) and Fr Miguel (Lahore, Pakistan) in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto – one realises how a Salesian amidst the current turbulent and distressing situation in Pakistan was able to offer a finely balanced viewpoint between the facts he had at hand about the event (fewer than what the rest of the world knew through the media), his observations on what was happening around him, and a sense of what Don Bosco’s work is contributing and can contribute to building up Pakistan, even while other unknowns are attempting to destroy it. (more…)
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