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| second largest fish producer |
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| most important peruvian export |
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| Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem |
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UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
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Peru’s national dish
Fresh raw fish, marinated in lime or other citrus
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| World’s highest navigable lake |
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| Measures income inequality (area in yellow as a percentage of area beneath 45 degree line) |
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| Chile victorious claims territory of both Peru and Bolivia |
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| 1903 Treaty of Petropolis territory ceded to Brazil for £2,000,000 |
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| acre area in then bolivia traded to brazil because of rubber farmers |
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| Doctor, Marxist and Revolutionary bolivia cuba |
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| bolivian mining town. in 1672 one of richest cities. depleted but still has tin |
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| which country has 50-70% of the world’s lithium deposits |
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| World’s largest salt flat 4086 mi2 bolivia |
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| capital, president colombia |
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| bogota, juan mauel santos |
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| Large grassland plain covering parts of Venezuela and Colombia |
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| Period of civil unrest 1948-1958. columbia |
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| 2nd leader of cut flowers |
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colombia 4th largest export
Supplies roughly 80% of US market
Started as part of a USAID project in 1965 to reduce coca production |
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| worlds largest supplier of emeralds |
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Proposed in 1998 by Colombian President Andes Pastrana
Original focus was on development projects to fund alternatives to coca production to be followed by manual eradication efforts
Launched in 2000 with the assistance of the United States
Goal was to destroy the coca plantations that provide the raw materials for narcotics
$7.5 billion in funds made available |
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| Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia |
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| Ejército de Liberación Nacional |
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Army of National Liberation
Smaller group
Target energy pipelines and infrastructure
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| ecuador president and capital |
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| smallest of all megadiverse countries |
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| 1st constitution to recognie environmental rights |
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| united fruit established banana republic on which country |
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| Ranks 30th in world for production, 22nd for reserves |
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| first european settlement in sa in venezuela |
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| Among SA’s longest rivers located in venezuela |
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Among the world’s largest wetland areas
Wet season largely inundated
Dry season grassland used for cattle grazing
Biodiversity hotspot
Includes river dolphins
Orinoco crocodile (endangered)
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3rd largest hydroelectric capacity in world
Found on the Caroni River
Supplies 73% of Venezuela’s electricity |
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| Large bay of brackish water |
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oil Accounts ~1/3 GDP and 80% of exports
top 10 producers worldwide |
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| Formed in 196o through initiative by Venezuela and Saudi Arabia |
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Elected President in 1998
ended term limits |
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| Formerly 5 colonies in NE SA |
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| (Guyana region of Venezuela) |
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Classified as largest ‘single drop’ waterfall in world
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Organized as an egalitarian socialist paradise
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| : descendants of laborers contacted from India |
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| descendants of laborers contacted from Dutch East Indies |
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Term comes from Spanish Cimarron-runaway
Escaped slaves who built their own societies in the New World
Greater power in Dutch Suriname than other locations
Ndyuka sign treaty with Dutch in 1760 allowing for autonomy |
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French penal colony 1852-1952
Located 6 miles off the coast
Released convicts had to remain in French Guiana in labor camps |
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Established in Kourou French Guiana 1968
Benefits from near equatorial position
Primary launch site for European Space Agency
Major contribution to economy |
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| is a religion based on African beliefs which is particularly popular in Brazil. It is also practised in other countries, and has as many as two million followers. syncretic religion |
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