LATIN AMERICA

(See also Americas; Central America; South America; lands by name)

(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)

abortion:

deaths from: g93 12/8 28

AIDS: w94 4/15 9

Catholic Church:

baptisms by end of 16th century: w93 4/1 3

missionaries: g94 12/8 20-22

Chagas’ disease: g93 1/8 28

blood transfusions: g94 10/8 28

child prostitution: g97 10/22 28

crime:

kidnapping: g96 12/22 28

customs:

small dwelling for dead at place of accident: w94 10/15 3-4

deforestation: g05 3/8 28

division between Spain and Portugal (1494): g 3/15 10-11; g97 11/8 14; g94 12/8 20; g92 3/8 7

government:

deterioration: g90 8/8 3

homeless people:

children: g90 1/8 3-4

map: jv 460

medicine:

contaminated blood: g99 6/22 31

‘peace zone’: g 12/14 7

population growth: g91 2/8 28

poverty: g91 2/8 29

religion:

Christendom’s missionaries: g94 12/8 20-22

decline: g 2/07 4; w93 6/15 20-23

native fused with “Christian”: g94 12/8 21

prayers to “saints”: w96 7/15 3-4

rosary: w96 7/15 4

self-made religions: g 2/07 4; g98 6/8 28

Jehovah’s Witnesses

annual report:

1975: jv 501

branch offices: km 12/96 4-5

construction for growth: km 12/96 4-5

growth: jv 461, 463, 470, 502-503; w87 6/1 28

Kingdom Halls: km 12/96 5

legal matters:

Indigenous communities: hdu article 12

missionaries: jv 460-461, 463-465

modern history: jv 463-470

printing: jv 593

publications:

booklet The Kingdom, the Hope of the World: jv 438-439

visits by—

Franz, F. W.: jv 459-461

Knorr, N. H.: jv 459-461