In Colombia, women use new faith to gain equality
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Pentecostal women are demanding more of their husbands and themselves as they move beyond civil war.
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Mexico's military, struggling to attract new recruits, is expanding opportunities for a population it has all but overlooked for decades: women.
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Helicopters sent by Venezuela's president picked up two hostages freed by Colombian rebels in the jungle Thursday and flew the women across the border in a mission that could open a new path to freedom for dozens of captives.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, June 15 -- Colombia's Congress voted to recognize gay unions, approving a bill to give same-sex couples full rights to health insurance, social security and inheritance benefits. The measure would make Colombia the first country in Latin America to extend such rights to gay...
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Elizabeth Zamora is a busy mother and executive.  Still, for three hours every Saturday, she slides into a battered wooden desk at Bogota's National University and follows along as Yuan Juhua, a language instructor sent here by China's government, teaches the intricacies of...
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MADRID, Dec 22 (IPS) - Europe's first law specifically cracking down  on  gender-based violence was unanimously passed Wednesday in  Spain, and  received a hearty welcome from activists, although it  did not escape  criticism from the right.
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SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia  - With tears, smiles and long hugs, two women hostages were freed by Colombia's Marxist rebels on Thursday after years in the jungle, raising hopes for dozens more languishing in secret camps.
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New Episcopal Bishop Nerva Cot Aguilera, the church's first female bishop in Cuba and the developing world, said Monday she welcomed the opportunity to show what women can do if given the chance.
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Ingrid Betancourt was smiling ear to ear. It was 1998, and she had just emerged as the biggest vote-getter in Colombia's congressional elections.
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Colombia's Roman Catholic clergy say they are in contact with Farc rebels in a bid to free more hostages.
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Nicaraguan authorities have achieved remarkable success in combating gang violence. And instead of heavy-handed policing, they're relying on guerrilla street cred and mothers' love
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More than half of women imprisoned in Mexico are convicted for drug-related crimes.
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AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Nuove comuinitÃ  in Colombia e in Brasile per le Figlie dei Sacri Cuori, lÂistituto nato dalla missione tra i lebbrosi di Agua de Dios BogotÃ  (Agenzia Fides) - LÂistituto delle Figlie dei Sacri Cuori, Ã¨ stato fondato come frutto della missione Salesiana fra i lebbrosi ad Agua de Dios, in Colombia. Fu la risposta ad un bisogno di realizzazione vocazionale di un gruppo di giovani donn...
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LONDON, Aug 21 (IPS) - A new missive on women from the Vatican followed   by a strong response to it has brought new spark to an old  debate.
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Pentecostals' message of transformation is helping Brazil's drug dealers give up their guns for Jesus.
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- On the surface, the Democratic Colombia political party couldn't be in a worse position on the eve of local elections.
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EL ALTO, Bolivia -- The women attending Esperanza Mitta's community meetings moved here from tiny mountain villages and worn-out mining towns, and now they are fashioning a modern metropolis out of whatever they have in hand.