Argentina Population
Argentina
NGOs and church sources indicated that child abuse and prostitution increased, although no corroborating statistics were available. A 2000 UNICEF report stated that sexual exploitation of children was widespread due to police inefficiency and lack of judicial intervention. The children involved usually worked in the same institutions as adults. The National Council for Childhood, Adolescence, and the Family has developed an Action Plan, together with the Attorney General, the Ministry of Justice, Security and Human Rights, the National Council of Women, and UNICEF, on the elimination of child prostitution.The country's economic crisis disproportionately affected children. Almost 3 out of 4 children under age 12 lived under the official poverty line. Nearly 40 percent of children were considered indigent, as their families did not earn enough to meet their basic food necessities. According to the Center for Studies on Infant Nutrition, malnutrition ... [Read More]
Argentina
The country has an area of 1,068,302 square miles, and its population is approximately 37 million. The Government does not collect information on religious affiliation. The Roman Catholic Church claimed 25 million baptized members (approximately 70 percent of the population). Statistics provided by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in 2001 to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief provided the following estimates, which do not necessarily imply active religious practice: Catholics, 88 percent of the population, Protestants, 7 percent, Muslims, 1.5 percent, Jews, 1 percent, and others, 2.5 percent; however, accurate estimates of religious affiliation are difficult to obtain. Available estimates often are based on outdated census data and questionable presumptions, including a presumption that persons of Middle Eastern origin are Muslim. Estimates of the number of Jews vary between 180,000 and 450,000. The Israeli-Argentin ... [Read More]
Report on Global Anti-Semitism
January 5, 2005 Executive Summary I. Anti-SemitismAnti-Semitism has plagued the world for centuries. Taken to its most far-reaching and violent extreme, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism resulted in the deaths of millions of Jews and the suffering of countless others. Subtler, less vile forms of anti-Semitism have disrupted lives, decimated religious communities, created social and political cleavages, and complicated relations between countries as well as the work of international organizations. For an increasingly interdependent world, anti-Semitism is an intolerable burden. The increasing frequency and severity of anti-Semitic incidents since the start of the 21st century, particularly in Europe, has compelled the international com ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
During the 19th century, the population grew rapidly due to heavy European immigration and high birth rates. From then on the Spanish element lost its numerical dominance. Blacks, brought as slaves in the 16th century, practically disappeared as a visible group, indigenous peoples were reduced to a few thousand living on reservations, and the mestizo population decreased. Most of the present population traces its roots to waves of European immigration concentrated from1880 to 1930, with an additional spurt after World War II. The proportion of foreign born reached a peak of 30% in 1944. The overwhelming feature of Argentina’s largely immigrant population is the degree to which the cultural traits of Europe have remained intact during their transposition to the so-called New World. ... [Read More]
Language and Life Sciences
Country and Population Circumstances Attitude toward Genetic Engineering of Crops Canada population 31,147,000 [Read More]
Language and Life Sciences -- Biotechnology and Crop Engineering Appendices
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Language and Life Sciences -- Biotechnology and Crop Engineering Appendices
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Argentina
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice. The Constitution states that the Federal Government "sustains the apostolic Roman Catholic faith" and provides it some privileges not available to other religions. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report. [Read More]
Argentina (09/04)
Argentines are a fusion of diverse national and ethnic groups, with descendants of Italian and Spanish immigrants predominant. Waves of immigrants from many European countries arrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Syrian, Lebanese, and other Middle Eastern immigrants number about 500,000, mainly in urban areas. Argentina's population is overwhelmingly Catholic, but it also has the largest Jewish population in Latin America, about 250,000 strong, and is home to one of the largest Islamic mosques in Latin America. In recent years, there has been a substantial influx of immigrants from neighboring Latin American countries. The indigenous population, estimated at 700,000, is concentrated in the provinces of the north, northwest, and south. The Argentine population has one of Latin America's lowest growth rates. Eighty percent of the population resides in cities or towns of more than 2,000, and over one-third lives in the greater Buenos Aires area. With 13 million inhabitants, ... [Read More]
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