World Watch: Modern Slavery at Sea
In Taiwan, Maryknoll Father Joyalito Tajonera convened 130 leaders from 17 countries last year for the Conference on Fisher’s Welfare.
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World Watch: Water Rights Victory in Peru
Maryknoll Sister Patricia Ryan and the organization she founded in the Andes of southern Peru have won a landmark case for water rights.
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World Watch: Indo-Pacific Economic Prosperity?
The new trade deal among 14 countries, currently under negotiation, has the potential of affecting 28% of U.S. global trade.
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World Watch: Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan?
Charges of ethnic cleansing in Sudan have surfaced as two warring generals vie for power and the country’s people pay a heavy price.
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World Watch: What’s Next for Asylum?
This issue’s World Watch column by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns discusses changes to protocols for asylum seekers and proposed legislation.
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World Watch: Fresh Pain from Old Wounds
The hardening authoritarianism of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has led to the exile of 222 prisoners, the imprisonment of Bishop Rolando Alvarez and many others, and “traitor” laws which strip dissenters of their citizenship.
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World Watch: New Focus for Nuclear Disarmament
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns gives an update on the world’s progress — or lack of progress — toward nuclear disarmament.
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