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4. Hear, hear. Deadbeat fathers have long been a serious problem in Latin America (and elsewhere)
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 05:05 PM
Mar 2017

Over the last 30 years or so, a number of countries in the region have attempted to tackle this problem by passing Patria Potestas laws - which govern the rights and, above all, responsibilities of the father.

One group has always opposed these reforms though: right-wing Catholics, particularly the Opus Dei.

The problem there is that a disproportionate number of judges in the region are, in fact, right-wing Catholics. And as you can imagine, they seldom miss an opportunity to chip away at these reforms in whatever way they can. I think it's safe to say that this judge falls in that category.

Her name, by the way, means 'pure conception' in Spanish - proof if nothing else that God does indeed have a sense of humor.

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