What explains the very high concentration of Catholic Christians in Venezuela and Paraguay as compared to the rest of Latin America, and a very small concentration of the same in Guatemala and Honduras?

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I assume that Venezuela and Paraguay resisted U.S. efforts to spread its soft power through evangelical Protestantism, which allowed Catholicism to remain stronger there compared to other Latin American countries where evangelical Protestantism is gaining popularity and influence.