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Pope Francis says 'devil is punishing Mexico' during an interview with Mexico's television network Televisa. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
In his weekly Sunday Angelus prayer, Pope Francis prays for Ukraine and the earthquake victims of Turkey and Syria. He also offers his prayers for the victims of the deadly tornado in Mississippi and calls for a day of prayer for peace in Peru, amid a deepening political crisis. IMAGES
Pope Francis prays at the Ermineskin Cree Nation Cemetery in the community of Maskwacis, Canada, before visiting a former residential school where he is expected to make a historic personal apology to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over decades at the Catholic-run institutions. IMAGES
Mexico City, Sep 24 (EFE).- Around thousand of people from different organizations marched in Mexico City Friday to demand an end to the violence in the state of Chiapas and the departure of paramilitary groups.The protesters, who mobilized from the intersection of the central avenues of Reforma and Insurgentes to the Ministry of the Interior, took to the streets in support of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), the former indigenous guerrilla group.The EZLN denounced a few days ago that Chiapas is on the brink of a "civil war". (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE MARCH IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, TO DEMAND AN END TO VIOLENCE AND THE DEPARTURE OF PARAMILITARY GROUPS IN THE SOUTHERN STATE OF CHIAPAS.
Mexico City, May 1 (EFE).- The countries of Latin America commemorated International Labor Day on Saturday with restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic but with firm claims of a speedy economic recovery. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Latin America in March 2020, the region has lowered its gross domestic product to 2010 levels, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.Some 200 sex workers marched in Mexico City to demand an end to the violence and extortion that they suffer, as well as to demand their right to work. (Camera: MIGUEL ÁNGEL ANDRANDE). SHOT LIST: MAY DAY PROTESTS IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.