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developments of the radio stations in communication with the Audio-Visual Department at the Baháʼí administrative offices. In 1980 almost the entire staff of the radio station in Ecuador traveled to Peru to make extensive presentations to the international Baháʼí media conference in Puno where the second Baháʼí Radio station would be set up. Staff for projects in Bolivia, Chile and Peru participated in successive training and Ecuadoran staff traveled to Peru and Bolivia to assist in those projects. In the feedback it was highlighted that:
716:. Urge earnest deliberation with incoming National Assembly to insure its complete fulfillment. First century of Baháʼí Era drawing to a close. Humanity entering outer fringes most perilous stage its existence. Opportunities of present hour unimaginably precious. Would to God every State within American Republic and every Republic in American continent might ere termination of this glorious century embrace the light of the Faith of Baháʼu'lláh and establish structural basis of His World Order." 2104: 756:, Argentina, November 1946. In 1947 the Baháʼí international teaching committee for South America (CEPSA) was appointed and the first members were all from Chile. Retrospectively a stated goal of the committee was to facilitate a shift in the balance of roles from North American guidance and Latin cooperation to Latin guidance and North American cooperation. The process was well underway by 1950 and was to be enforced about 1953. 536:. Hence the mercy of God must encompass all humanity. Therefore do ye not think it permissible to leave that region deprived of the breezes of the Morn of Guidance. Consequently, strive as far as ye are able to send to those parts fluent speakers, who are detached from aught else save God, attracted with the fragrances of God, and sanctified and purified from all desires and temptations. ... 997:
Forty-seven youth organizations were officially represented on panels. Organized under the guidance of the Baháʼí National Assembly of Peru, the conference was opened by Dr. Angel Degado, acting mayor of Lima. The gathering culminated in the creation of eight national and international youth projects including the planting of some 2000 plants in Lima's Grau Square.
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station was established in Peru to nurture and preserve the local culture by featuring local story-tellers and music recorded at station-sponsored annual indigenous music festivals. With regular feedback from experienced institutions operating out of the Baháʼí World Centre progress was maintained in
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In 1957 this Assembly was split into two – basically northern/eastern South America with the Republics of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, in Lima, Peru and one of the western/southern South America with the Republics of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia in Buenos Aires,
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20 October 2008 to celebrate recent achievements in grassroots community-building and to plan their next steps in organizing in their home areas. Just a month later a regional conference was hosted in Ecuador by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of Ecuador in November 2008 and attracted
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traveled from the north to the south starting mid June and taught in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and finally Ecuador. In 1984 a reprise of the 'Trail of Light' was undertaken when an international team of five Baháʼís spent 17 days in Guatemala; they
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In 1943 during the annual Baháʼí convention of the United States, Shoghi Effendi announced a Northern- and Southern-international convention which would include representatives from each state and province from the United States and Canada and each republic of Latin America. During this convention,
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of the United States and Canada appointed the Inter-America Committee to take charge of the preparations. During the 1937 Baháʼí North American Convention, Shoghi Effendi cabled advising the convention to prolong their deliberations to permit the delegates and the National Assembly to consult on a
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was when about five hundred youth from eighteen countries in Latin America, North America and Europe attended a Youth Conference in Lima in 1985. Among the tribes and native groups represented were the Aymaras and Quechuas (Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru), the Mapuches (Chile) and the Aguarunas (Peru).
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the international head of the religion since its election in 1963, the delegates for the voting were the members of the National Spiritual Assemblies of the world. The Peruvian members of the national assembly were recorded for this first election: Guillermo Aguilar, Fidel Flores, Cesar Loayza,
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beginning by giving greater freedom to women, promulgating the promotion of female education as a priority concern, and that involvement was given practical expression by creating schools, agricultural coops, and clinics. The religion entered a new phase of activity when a message of the
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Since 1977 the international Baháʼí community has established several radio stations worldwide, particularly in the Americas. Programmes may include local news, music, topics related to socio-economic and community development, educational programmes focusing on
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The first pioneer under the next plan was Eve Nicklin, called the "Spiritual Mother of Peru" who arrived in Peru in 1941. In 1942–3 she was able to coordinate a number of talks by traveling Baháʼí Philip Sprague amounting to several hundred people.
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Lester W. Long, Demetrio Molero, Mrs. Jesus Rivera, Josefina Rosas, Mercedes Sanchez, and Dr. Enrique Sanchez. At the same time members of the religion were known to exist among the indigenous near
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from 1980–1982, and briefly in 1983, and reviewed Baháʼí Radio projects in Peru and Bolivia as well and resulted in a PhD by Kurt John Hein in 1985 following which he took up service at
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The Baháʼí Faith: 1844–1963: Information Statistical and Comparative, Including the Achievements of the Ten Year International Baháʼí Teaching & Consolidation Plan 1953–1963
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from Costa Rica, and two Guaymis from Panama as well as other efforts in the region. Projects promulgating the religion in southern Peru were noted in the 1980s among the
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represented the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States at conventions held in Panama and Lima, Peru when Latin American national Baha'i assemblies were elected.
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In 1975 Baháʼís attending an All-Quechua Baháʼí Conference were photographed beside a sign, which, translated from the Spanish, reads: "Baháʼu'lláh is the return of
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Protection of Minorities, Written statement to the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
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of the United States and Canada, and asked for the systematic implementation of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's vision to begin. In his cable he wrote:
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began to form in 1938 across Latin America. Isabel Stebbins Dodge was joined by her mother, Mrs. Joel Stebbins, the summer of 1937.
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regions and was written on 8 April 1916, but was delayed in being presented in the United States until 1919 – after the end of
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In 1980 two teams of Native American Baha'is from Alaska, Canada and the United States representing 10 tribes under the name
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By 1963 there were 19 delegates for the convention to elect the National Spiritual Assembly of Peru. For the election of the
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and culture, and Baháʼí introductory and deepening material. A project studied these radio stations through faculty from
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plan that would enable Baháʼís to go to Latin America as well as to include the completion of the outer structure of the
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The first actions on the part of Baháʼí community towards Latin America were that of a few individuals who made trips to
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which progressed into finding national Peruvian converts and achieved an independent national community in 1961. The
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in Wilmette, Illinois. Following this call Stuart and Nellie S. French (1936) went through Peru. In 1937 the
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The Beginnings of the Baháʼí Faith in Latin America:Some Remembrances, English Revised and Amplified Edition
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Among the earliest Baháʼís known in Peru were Louis Mathew (1935) and Isabel Stebbins Dodge (1935–38).
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Following the 1 May cable, another cable from Shoghi Effendi came on 19 May calling for permanent
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dated 20 October 1983 was released. Baháʼís were urged to seek out ways, compatible with the
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Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world
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says: Travel ye to the East and to the West of the world and summon the people to the
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begins with references to Peru in Baháʼí literature as early as 1916, with the first
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Eve Nicklin: She of the Brave Heart (1895–1985), "Madre Spiritual del Perú"
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by Des O'Shea, Published in CADE: Journal of Distance Education, 4:1, 1989
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The US government acknowledged Baha'is in Peru as early as 2005 and the
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Isabel Tirada de Barrada and Raymond Betts were the Peruvian delegates.
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Residing in the Holy Land. 1963. pp. 19, 22, 23, 36, 46, 52, 109.
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in 1916–1917; these letters were compiled together in the book titled
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visiting as early as 1919. A functioning community wasn't founded in
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to be established in all the countries of Latin America. The Baháʼí
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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (14 September 2004).
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Official Website of the National Spiritual of the Baháʼís of Peru
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until the 1930s with the beginning of the arrival of coordinated
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America Marks Key Anniversary In Establishment Of Baha'i Faith
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The Baha'i World; A Biennial International Record, Volume VII
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The first Aymara International Baha'i Conference was held in
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The second South American Baháʼí Congress was celebrated in
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were a Mapuche Indian from Chile, a Quechua from Peru, a
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Since its inception the religion has had involvement in
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La Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los Bahais del Peru
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The first South American Baháʼí Congress was held in
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near or before this unavailing in 1919. Foremost was
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Radio Baháʼí – Ecuador; A Baháʼí Development Project
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The Chilean Temple Initiative About Chile Interviews
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population of America...Likewise the islands of ...
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Mirza Ahmad Sohrab (trans. and comments). 1981: 1967: 1959: 1819:United Nations Commission on Human Rights. 1797:Radio Baha'i Ecuador, by Kurt Hein: Review 1714:. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp.  1712:A concise encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith 1362:. Baháʼí World Centre. pp. 403, 412. 1102:. West Linn, OR: M L VanOrman Enterprises. 772:, Margot Worley of Brazil, Eve Nicklin of 496:, to the followers of the religion in the 441: 427: 17: 1439:"Standing up for the oneness of humanity" 1253: 1251: 1249: 1247: 1245: 1037:) estimated some 41,300 Baháʼís in 2010. 485:ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of the Divine Plan 481:) estimated some 41,300 Baháʼís in 2010. 1359:The Ministry of the Custodians 1957–1963 1136: 1134: 1737: 1735: 1573:. No. 649. April 1985. p. 7. 1113: 1111: 1109: 1091: 1089: 1087: 1085: 1083: 1081: 1079: 1077: 1073: 29: 1527:. No. 638. May 1984. p. 16. 1320:. No. 493. 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Index

a series
Baháʼí Faith

Baháʼu'lláh
The Báb
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Teachings
Unity of God
Unity of humanity
Unity of religion
Laws
Prayer
Calendar
Nineteen Day Feast
Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-Íqán
The Hidden Words
Some Answered Questions
Other Texts
Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh
Administrative Order
The Guardianship
Universal House of Justice
Spiritual Assemblies
Baháʼí history
Timeline
Bábism
Persecution
Shoghi Effendi
Hands of the Cause

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