Peru in 2020
June 18, 2020, 12:24 pm
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, 12:23 pm
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, 12:22 pm
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, 12:22 pm
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, 4:37 pm
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, 12:29 pm
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, 4:05 pm
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, 3:00 pm
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, 12:21 pm
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...