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More than a third of Latin
America’s 490 million people are under age 15. 50% of Mexico City’s metropolitan
area’s population (estimated to be around 25 million) is under 21.
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Mexico is viewed as the capital
of Latin America because of its influence -- so Mexico’s future leaders
(current college students) could have influence throughout Latin America.
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On the Latin American college
campuses, Marxism has been replaced by a new cultural mood of post-modernism.
Middle Eastern religions, the New Age movement, and satanic cults are already
present on the 200+ Mexico City university campuses.
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The Mexican youth culture has
been greatly influenced by the US youth culture, resulting in an affinity
of the Mexican youth to the US youth.
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There
are almost 2 million students in 871 universities in Brazil. |
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32%
of the world’s population (about 2 billion) is under age 15. |
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Some
300,000 children are fighting in wars worldwide. While many of the youngsters
were legally recruited, others were kidnapped or forced to fight. |
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Some
250 million children around the world work in poor countries. |
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In
England, only 14% under 15 years of age are involved in church-related
activities. |
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4
out of 5 of the world’s refugees are children and women. |
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More
than a million children in Asia are ensnared in the sex trade. |
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In
Brazil, an estimated 8 million children have lost all/most links with their
families. Many live on the street; prostitution, drug-taking, and AIDS
are normal. |
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In
Russia, there are 1.2 million street children and 650,000 children in orphanages
and other institutions. |
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15.6
million children have lost their mothers or both parents in the 223 countries
hardest hit by AIDS. |
