Peru in 2020
June 18, 2020
In the third largest country in South America, the majority of the 32 million Peruvians belong to indigenous tribes – Catholics form what is by far the largest religious denomination...
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Brazil in 2020
June 18, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic hit Brazil with full force last year. Even though President Bolsonaro repeatedly played down the dangers of the virus, the statistics reflect a catastrophic development: At the...
Venezuela in 2020
June 18, 2020
Venezuela is facing a crisis that is unprecedented in recent history: the country, once well developed, was driven into the economic abyss by hyperinflation and corruption under President Maduro. Meanwhile,...
Nicaragua in 2019
June 18, 2020
The people in the “land of a thousand volcanoes” have always lived with the risk that the earth could open up or erupt at any moment. In a figurative sense,...
Madagascar in 2020
June 16, 2020
Madagascar is the world’s second largest island state and is known as a natural paradise with lush biodiversity. In contrast, there has been widespread destruction and exploitation of nature in...
Czech Republic
October 15, 2019
The Czech Republic is considered the most atheistic country in Europe. In the last census in 2011, nearly 80% of the 10.5 million inhabitants either described themselves as non-denominational or...
Ecuador
October 14, 2019
Today, some 16 million people live in the small country on the Pacific coast. 85 % of these are Catholics. On 16 April 2016, Ecuador was hit by one of...
Vietnam
October 14, 2019
Although Vietnam, a communist-ruled, Confucian country, has made significant economic progress in recent years, it still ranks among the poorer middle-income countries. Consumer- oriented thinking and the desire for a...
Kazakhstan in 2020
October 14, 2019
With a national territory of more than 2.7 million square kilometres, Kazakhstan is larger than a quarter of the USA. At the same time, however, the country only has 18...