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South America
Argentine Evangelicals Say Bergoglio as Pope Francis Is 'Answer to Our Prayers'
First Latin American pope offers opportunity to 'rethink differences' and 'join hands in mission.'
March 14, 2013
Why Pope Francis Excites (Most) Evangelical Leaders
Bergoglio expected to focus on poverty and set a friendlier tone in Protestant-Catholic relations.
March 14, 2013
Luis Palau: Why It Matters that Pope Francis Drinks Mate with Evangelicals
An interview with international evangelist (and native Argentine) on his friend, Jorge Bergoglio.
March 14, 2013
Brazil's Evangelicals Make Voting Bloc Debut
Forced presidential runoff demonstrates the importance of Protestant voters.
November 2, 2010
'Something Better Than Revival'
Buenos Aires pastors believe their city of 13 million should have only one church.
June 25, 2010
Ministry at the Center of Violence
Russ Stendal, held hostage for months by narco-terrorists, now ministers in their midst.
April 16, 2010
Power Pentecostalisms
The 'non-Catholic' Latin American church is going full steam ahead—but are we on the right track?
July 29, 2009
Honduran Hiatus
Political crisis disrupts short-term missions season, prompts introspection by church leaders.
July 14, 2009
Always Summer, Never Christmas
Bolivian evangelicals wonder how—and whether—to celebrate the holiday of the Incarnation.
December 18, 2008
Report Suggests CIA Covered Up Role in Missionary Death
An attack that killed a missionary and her daughter can be traced to a reckless CIA-sponsored drug interception program.
November 24, 2008
Early Returns Are Mixed
Global evangelicals don't necessarily vote like American evangelicals.
July 1, 2008
Corporate-Sponsored Terror
Wives of slain missionaries sue Chiquita for complicity in the murders.
May 13, 2008
Liberate My People 
Theologian and educator Ruth Padilla DeBorst says true Christian mission addresses issues of power and poverty.
August 8, 2007
Benedict XVI Tests Brazil's Religious Climate
Also: Bishops clarify Mugabe statements, a priest-imam soccer game is cancelled, the spanking debate resumes, and more.
May 8, 2007
Cleaning Up La Oroya
How American and Peruvian Christians teamed up when factory pollutants were poisoning children.
April 20, 2007
Death-Defying Ministry
Protestant leaders practice grassroots justice--and keep a low profile.
February 5, 2007
Martyrs to the Spear
Fifty years after five missionaries were murdered in Ecuador, their story still inspires.
March 10, 2006
The Rest of the Story
Half a century after killing five missionaries, the 'Auca' find themselves on the cutting edge of modern missions.
January 1, 2006
Why Is Venezuela's Chavez Singling Out New Tribes Mission?
Charges sound eerily familiar to Latin American missionaries.
October 27, 2005
Venezuela Debates New Tribes Mission Expulsion Order
Government officials, others call Chavez decision unconstitutional and harmful.
October 19, 2005
Venezuela to Expel New Tribes Mission
After additional Robertson comments, President Chavez accuses "imperialist" mission agency of working for CIA.
October 14, 2005
Latin American Evangelicals' Life Just Got Harder
Pat Robertson's assassination call is more than just an ill-considred remark.
August 24, 2005
Evangelicals on Opposite Sides in Venezuelan Referendum
President Hugo Chavez will need the support of churches to restore progress to the country.
August 1, 2004
Peru's Second-Class Citizens
Christian legal activists fight to protect women and girls.
July 1, 2004
Controversial Pastor Mediates End to Three-day Prison Riot in Brazil
Minister hopes fame will allow him greater access to Brazil's prisons.
June 1, 2004
'I Was Looking for Peace and Found it in Christ'
A converted felon in Colombia reflects on life in the guerrilla ranks.
February 1, 2004
Why the FARC Hates Evangelicals
The terrorist group has many misconceptions about Colombian Christians.
February 1, 2004
Lessons from a Hostage Pastor in Colombia
A young minister works to prevent guerrilla kidnappings.
February 1, 2004
Forgotten casualties of an uncivil war
Three million Colombians are displaced, with few prospects.
February 1, 2004
New Life in a Culture of Death
Hope for Colombia dwells inside its most lethal killing field - Bellavista Prison.
February 1, 2004
Did They Have to Die?
Forty years after five missionaries lost their lives in the Ecuadorian jungle, the killers explain what really happened.
September 16, 1996
State's Religious Ed Questioned in Nicaragua
Evangelicals are leery of religious education proposal.
October 24, 1994
Watch your tongue: Prejudiced comments illegal in Brazil
Brazilian lawmakers and law enforcement have drawn the line on free speech when it comes to racial, religious, or ethnic agitation – even though it is a constitutional right. (CSM)
Brazil's evangelical churches rewrite the rules of politics
The Catholic nation's evangelical Christians are gaining influence — and using it to sway elections. The trend has others uneasy over the blatant mixing of church and state. (LAT)
Pastor in Bolivia held in fatal bathtub exorcism
An evangelical pastor and his sister have been arrested by police in Bolivia after they purportedly killed a sibling during a bathtub exorcism, officials said Monday. (Associated Press)
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