by jpic | Oct 16, 2021 | News, Reflection
For the Central American population, the situation is complex. As always, the governments of the day strive for their own interests, partisan politics, and their desire to accumulate wealth, and are not attentive to responding to the right to food of society. The...
by jpic | Oct 3, 2021 | News, Reflection
This October 4 we celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis at the house of the Father of Mercies. On this date we commemorate the meeting of “Brother Francis” with the Most High and Good Lord. This disciple of Jesus lived and acted in a way that today gives us...
by jpic | Aug 16, 2021 | News, Reflection
From the macroeconomic point of view, remittances are fundamental for the monetary and exchange stability of Guatemala. This has been reflected in the annual statistics of the Banco de Guatemala for the last five years. Its effects are visible in the production...
by jpic | Aug 9, 2021 | News, Reflection, Reflexión
Indigenous peoples are “a plural face, of infinite variety and of enormous biological, cultural, and spiritual wealth.” (Pope Francis) In the world there are more than 5,000 indigenous peoples[1] and the vast majority with a fragile guarantee of human...
by jpic | Jul 21, 2021 | News, Reflection
“O human, in what great excellence the Lord God has placed you, because he created you and formed you in the image of his beloved Son according to the body, and in his likeness” (Saint Francis of Assisi, Adm 5) Violence for being from the LGBTI...
by jpic | Jul 12, 2021 | News, Reflection, Reflexión
Violence in the territories of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador continues to be the main motivation of a person or a family nucleus to emigrate. Violence has diversified and institutionalized: gang violence, domestic violence, violence against women (femicides) and...
