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Praying for the nations. Argentina. The Cave of the Hands. These are thought to be among the oldest art forms of America. Population. Latin America’s second largest country 1/3 of the population clusters around the capital - Buenos Aires.
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Praying for the nations. Argentina
The Cave of the Hands. These are thought to be among the oldest art forms of America.
Population • Latin America’s second largest country • 1/3 of the population clusters around the capital - Buenos Aires. • Another third are in the richest province (Buenos Aires). • The rest live in a million cities, towns and villages scattered throughout the Republic.
92.1% ‘Christian’ • 70% Profess Roman Catholicism though only 20% attend church regularly • 9% ‘Evangelicals’ • 3.1% agnostic • 1.9% Muslim • 1.3% Jewish • 0.9% atheist • 0.9% Buddhist and others
The capital city Buenos Aires
The Argentine National Congress houses the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.
Iguazú Falls, Misiones (Northeast).
Cerro Chaltén Patagonia (South)
Operation World reports… • Prison ministry continues to transform the nation’s jails. Revival began in Olmos high-security prison, with half of its 3,000 inmates now believers, and spread to 200 other institutions. An estimated 25% of prisoners are Christian; one prison, Cristo la Uníca Esperanza, is the only completely evangelical prison in Latin America. Around 250 pastors work in prisons.