by Agustinos Recoletos | Feb 27, 2014 | News
Beginning on February 12th of this year, protests and demonstrations began against the socialist government of Venezuela, headed by Nicholas Maduro. Two weeks later the unrest continues on the streets and the level of tension is coming to a head in...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Feb 27, 2014 | News
The current violent occurrences in Venezuela are heightening social unrest and greatly threatening the security of her citizens. Holdups, robberies, kidnappings, murders … have been becoming daily realities that sadden everyone but surprise no one. One of the...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Feb 27, 2014 | News
We are in the central region of Negros, the principal sugar producing island in the Philippines. It is a cool evening in the sugar cane fields. Some 200 members of the comunidades de base in Linuthangan, in the bario of Mabini, Escalante, Negros Occidental, gathered...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Feb 25, 2014 | News
On February 8, and with closing words of gratitude for the coordinating team, the renewal course for America came to an end. The thirty-five participating Augustinian Recollects came from six countries, including: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and...
by Agustinos Recoletos | Feb 18, 2014 | News
Those who are able to benefit from the “Community Housing” project come for the most part from small, indigenous communities of rural riverbank dwellers, scattered between the numerous affluent villages that line the Purús River. They live by...