In the 16th century, rumors of silver drew Spanish explorers to southern South America. They named the land Argentina after the Latin word for silver (argentum). Silver was never found, but the Spanish stayed, establishing a colony in 1580 at Buenos Aires. Sadly, European diseases wiped out most of the small native population, and today 97% of the population is European – mostly Spanish and Italian. (learn more)
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- Pray for the local church to reach out spiritually and economically to the 500,000 people living in slums.
- Pray for love and caring from Christians toward large numbers of immigrants.
- Pray for national church support for Argentinian missionaries being sent to foreign Muslim areas.
