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By Marcelo Schneider (*)

By Marcelo Schneider (*)

By Marcelo Schneider (*)

After two months of illness, the renowned ecumenist, theologian and Lutheran pastor Dr Milton Schwantes passed away on 1 March in São Paulo, Brazil, at the age of 65. The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit called his contribution over the years an "asset for the ecumenical movement.”

"Tenemos que seguir en la visión profética de vigilancia y notificación de casos de violación de los derechos humanos y de la creación de Dios”, dijo el Rev. Nilton Giese, secretario general del Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias (CLAI), agregando, “debemos continuar dedicándonos a la tarea de formación teológica y pastoral, inspirados en los principios proféticos evangélicos.”

“We must continue to express our prophetic vision by reporting violation of human rights in God’s creation" said Rev. Nilton Giese, general secretary of the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI), adding, “we must continue to dedicate ourselves to the task of theological and pastoral capacity building, inspired by prophetic and evangelical principles.”

Las estadísticas oficiales indican que en Colombia hay tres millones de personas que se han visto forzadas a abandonar tierras y bienes debido al conflicto armado que tiene lugar en el país desde hace años. Sin embargo, las organizaciones de derechos humanos señalan que el número de “personas desplazadas” en realidad ronda los cinco millones.

Official statistics indicate the existence of three million people who were pushed away from their land and property in Colombia due to armed conflict that has taken place for years in the country. Human rights organizations claim, however, that the number of "displaced people" is actually close to 5 million people.

por Theodore Gill (*)

by Theodore Gill (*)

Dirigentes de iglesias de numerosos países de América y el Caribe se reunieron en Managua, Nicaragua para debatir sobre la violencia del racismo y los desafíos que plantea para las iglesias y las organizaciones ecuménicas.

Church leaders from across the Americas and the Caribbean are meeting in Managua, Nicaragua, to discuss the violence of racism, and the challenges it poses for churches and ecumenical organizations.

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit arrived Tuesday in São Paulo, Brazil for a six-day visit which includes the delivery of documents related to human rights issues during the military dictatorship from 1964 - 1985 and visits with Brazilian churches and Latin America ecumenical agencies.

Por Theodore Gill*

Medio siglo de conflicto civil alimentado por el dinero de la droga y la hegemonía empresarial ha dejado a Colombia con decenas de miles muertos y con la segunda población mayor de personas desplazadas (aproximadamente 4 millones) de todo el mundo.

By Theodore Gill*