Latin Americans are "so impoverished spiritually, so paralyzed with fear, so confused in thought, so abased in their moral standard."

August 18. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote a letter titled "This Hour, Crowded With Destiny," later published in the book "Citadel of Faith" describing Latin Americans as "so impoverished spiritually, so paralyzed with fear, so confused in thought, so abased in their moral standard."

http://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/citadel-faith/#r=cf_en-41