Google reveals most searched in 2013

According to Google, the most searched characters from 2013, former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was the most explored on the internet, followed by actor Paul Walker, who died after a car accident. The latest product launched by Apple, the iPhone 5, is in third place...
Posted On 18 Dec 2013
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Francisco celebrates his birthday with indigents

Today, Pope Francis turns 77, and he celebrated this morning inviting four homeless to a Mass held at his residence in Santa Marta and then had breakfast together. The Vatican press office reported that the Holy Father wanted to start his celebration next to the most deprived...
Posted On 17 Dec 2013
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Interpol seeks help to find 15 fugitives in America

Interpol on Monday made ​​a help request for citizens to find 15 fugitives from different countries of the American continent. Among them are drug dealers as the former head of the Mexican cartel de Guadalajara, Rafael Caro Quintero. According to the provisions of Interpol...
Posted On 16 Dec 2013
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Francisco said the Church is a house of joy

Before the Angelus, Pope Francis addressed to its thousands of faithful from the window of the Apostolic Palace, and said that the Church was not a refuge of sad people, but the House of Joy. The pontiff, who thanked his pilgrims for bearing the pouring rain at St. Peter’s...
Posted On 16 Dec 2013
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UN says that legalizing marijuana violates provisions

Following the adoption in Uruguay to legalize marijuana, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) of the United Nations was disappointed because such action violates the 1961 Convention on Narcotic Drugs, to which the country belongs. Raymond Yans, president of the...
Posted On 12 Dec 2013
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Pope Francisco is the Person of the Year according to Time

As just announced by the renowned Time magazine, today Pope Francisco was chosen as Person of the Year 2013. “In his nine months in office, he has placed himself at the very centre of the central conversations of our time: about wealth and poverty, fairness and justice,...
Posted On 11 Dec 2013
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Nelson Mandela is remembered worldwide

Around fifty-three Heads of Government have confirmed their attendance to the state funeral to be held in tribute to the late former president Nelson Mandela, next Sunday at Mandela’s home in Qunu, Eastern Cape Province, as was his will. The coffin will parade through the...
Posted On 09 Dec 2013
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The world says goodbye with honors to Nelson Mandela

A large number of world leaders will attend the funeral and funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. United States President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will attend on Tuesday to the ceremony  in Johannesburg , reported yesterday the White House. Bill Clinton,...
Posted On 08 Dec 2013
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Funeral of Mandela will be on December 15

The ceremony of the State funeral for the former South African President Nelson Mandela will be on Sunday December 15 in Qunu (Southeast), place where he spent his childhood. The South African President, Jacob Zuma, said in a press conference that prior to the funeral, on...
Posted On 07 Dec 2013
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HRW urged the Ecuadorian Government to not dissolve the Foundation Pachamama

The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged yesterday the Ecuadorian Government to reverse its decision on dissolving the NGO Pachamama Foundation, which was accused of vandalism, and to revoke the new Executive Decree that gives “broad authority” to oversee...
Posted On 07 Dec 2013
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