what about the other features that people never go into depth about. Argentina is a country located in South America and it is a least developed country. Argentina is located in Southern South America bordering Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil. It is covered by mountains which includes the Andes Mountains. Argentina is also covered with rivers and consists of lakes and hills. The climate of Argentina is usually temperate. Because the climate is different in Argentina depending on the time
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I did my project on La Bahia. La Bahia is one of the many Spanish missions in Texas. It isn’t well know because there was no major battles. La Bahia was found in 1721 right on the Bay of Holy Spirit. It’s now it is called Matagorda Bay and Lavaca Bay. It got its name from La Bahia del Espiritu Santo. The Spanish shorten the name to La Bahia. It was originally at the ruins in Fort St. Louis. Then it was moved inland to Mission Valley in 1726 because of the trouble with the Karankawa Indians
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Recife is the sixth largest metropolitan city in Brazil. It is the capital of the state Pernambuco. The most vibrant and culture oriented city with lots of entertainment and restaurants to dine! Recife is a charming historic city with the wonderful city center. The beautiful beaches in Recife attract tourists and has an important place in the economy as well as a scientific facade of Brazil. The industrial, commercial and trading centre of Brazil is highly supported by the Brazilian government. The
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Paraguay has been an independent country since 1811, but it has only been a democracy for twenty four years. Because of the newer democracy, there is still much instability and need for reform. While the people have rights and laws against discrimination, rights are not well protected and discrimination happens often. The structure of the government has potential to be legitimate, but it is not fully there yet. The primary source, as well as the greatest strength of legitimacy in Paraguay is through
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location include: South & Central America, Africa, Australasia & Oceana are part of the eight major different rainforests in these regions. 57% of the world’s tropical rainforests are found in Latin America, the largest rainforests of the world are in: Brazil South America, Zaire Africa and Indonesia South East Asia.
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The Colombian Economy Colombia, more formally known as the Republic of Colombia, is a megadiverse country situated in the Northwest of South America and has the fourth largest economy in Latin America. The indigenous people that inhabited Colombia were groups such as the Muisca, Quimbaya, and Tairona. In the year 1499 the Spanish arrived in Colombia and their main goal was to colonise Colombia, they initiated a period of conquest and colonization and as a result the Viceroyalty of New Granada was
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Venezuela is located in South America and shares its borders with Columbia, Brazil, Guyana and islands of Trinidad & Tobago. The most significant resources found are petroleum, natural gas, iron, gold and other minerals. However the country has been in state of unrest from for quite some time now. The history of the story goes back to 1922 when huge well oil was discovered in Venezuela and all the major oil companies were attracted to the country. Venezuela became largest oil exporter in the world
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The biggest rainforest in the world has always had one of the biggest argument points in the world today. It’s been a struggle of power that has been a problem since 1870. The biggest question about the Amazon Rainforest is what should it be used for.There are 6 main groups that want to use the land of the Amazon Rainforest, (Native Amazonians, settlers, environmentalists, ranchers, loggers, and rubber tappers) but I will talk about the rubber tappers do and want to do. The rubber tappers tap into
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Have you ever wondered what would happen if the Amazon Rainforest, just, disappeared? ⅓ of all medicines are found in plants, and more than half of those plants are in the Amazon Rainforest. This means if the Amazon Rainforest vanished we would lose over 112 drugs and almost all of our future cures. The Amazon Rainforest holds up 20% of the world's oxygen, that's why it has the nickname “The Lungs of the Earth”. The Amazon holds up to 400 different bird species, 125 different mammals, over 750 trees
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Uruguay and Paraguay, are two of the smallest nations of South America, are often confused with one another because of their names are so similar. However, their differences are probably among the greatest between any two countries in Latin America and can be traced as far as the beginning of the Spanish conquest. Both countries developed around a city: Asuncion in the case of Paraguay, Montevideo in the case of Uruguay. Uruguay. Uruguay's recent economic history can be divided into two starkly contrasting
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