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July 10, 2017

Bishops say Venezuela aims to install 'military dictatorship'

Opposition supporters hold letters to build a banner that reads "100 days" during a July 9 protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas.

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela's bishops said the country's government aims to install a "military dictatorship, socialist, Marxist and communist."

Published in International
December 14, 2016

Brazilian Cardinal Arns, 95, remembered for his fight for human rights

Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, who died on Dec. 14 at 95, was one of the most vocal voices against Brazil's military dictatorship.

SAO PAULO – Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, known as the "cardinal of the people" and one of the most active voices against Brazil's military dictatorship, died in Sao Paulo Dec. 14. The 95-year-old retired archbishop of Sao Paulo had been hospitalized since Nov. 28 with pneumonia.

Published in International