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capital: Santo Domingo
Location: Carribean
Independence: Feb 27, 1844
By who: Juan Pablo Durante
Currency: 1USD= 41.12 Pesos
Languages: Spanish, Dominican Spanish, Hatian
Government: Representative Democracy
President: Danilo Medina
Current event: Cocaine |
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Capital: Port- au- Prince
Location: Carribbean
Independence: Jan. 1, 1804
By Who: Toussaint L'ouverture
Currenecy: 1USD= 40.52Hatiean Gourdes
Languages: French Creole
Governemnt: Republic
Leader: Michael Martelly
Current Event: 2010 earth quake |
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Capital: Bogota
Location: South America
Independence: July 10, 1810
By Who: Simon Bolivar
Currenecy: 1USD+ 1800 Colombian Pesos
Languages: Spanish
Governemnt: Republic
Leader: Manual Calderon
Current Event: Drug problems |
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Capital: San Juan
Location: Carribbean
Independence:1898
By Who: US territory
Currenecy: USD
Languages:Spanish and English
Governemnt: Common wealth of America
Leader: Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla
Current Event: Attempt to become 51st state |
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Capital: Belmopan
Location: Central America
Independence:Sept. 21, 1981
By Who: British
Currenecy: 1USD= 2 belize Dollar
Languages: english 3.9% spanish 46% creole
Governemnt:English Common wealth
Leader: Governor General Dr. Young
Current Event: Unresolved territorial dispute w/ Guatemala |
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Capital: Panama City
Location: Central America
Independence: Nov. 3, 1903
By Who: USA
Currenecy: 1USD= 1 Balboa
Languages: Spanish, english and indigedous
Governemnt: consititutional Republic
Leader: Ricardo Martinelli
Current Event: Panama canal under construction |
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Capital: Roseau
Location: Carribbean
Independence: Nov. 3, 1978
By Who: UK
Currenecy: 1USD= 2.7 east carribbean dollar
Languages: English (french and Creole)
Governemnt: Parlimentary Democracy
Leader: Eliud Thaddeus Williams
Current Event: Illegal Drug trade |
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Capital: Lima
Location: South America
Independence: July 28, 1821
By Who:Jose de San Martin
Currenecy: 1USD= 2.58 Nuevo Sol
Languages: spanish (indigidous)
Governemnt: Representive Democratic
Leader: Ollanta Humala
Current Event: Deforestation |
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Capital: Santiago
Location: Western South America
Independence: Feb. 12, 1818
By Who:Bernardo O'Higgins
Currenecy: 1USD= 470.34 Pesos
Languages: Spanish (indigedous)
Governemnt: Unitary State
Leader: Sebastian Pinera
Current Event: Industrial Pollution, Deforestation and Water Pollutuion |
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Capital: Quito
Location: South America
Independence: May 13, 1830
By Who: Simon Bolivar
Currenecy: USD
Languages: Spanish ( 24 others)
Governemnt: Representive Democracy
Leader: Rafael Correa
Current Event: Deforestation and Global Warming |
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Capital: Brasilia
Location: South America
Independence: 1825
By Who: Dom Pedro 1
Currenecy: 1USD= 2 reals
Languages: Portugese (spanish/ english for 2nd language)
Governement: Federal Republic
Leader: Dilma Rousseff
Current Event: overcrowding, pollution |
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Capital: Havana
Location: Caribbean
Independence: 1902
By Who: Theodore Roosevelt
Currenecy: Cuban Peso
Languages: Spanish, Lucumi, catalan and corisan
Governemnt: Socialist Republic- communism
Leader: Rafael Castro
Current Event: Revolution of Black people
(get rid of communism) |
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Capital: Cayenne
Location: South America
Independence: March 19, 1946
By Who: France
Currenecy: 1USD = .76 euro
Languages: French (Taki-Taki, pidgin english)
Governemnt: Civil law run by France
Leader:President Francois Hollande
Current Event: Deforestation and Plague |
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Capital: La Paz
Location: Central South America
Independence: Aug. 6, 1825
By Who: Simon Blivar
Currenecy: 1USD= 7.01 Bolivianos
Languages: Spanish, english, pourtugese, quecha
Governemnt: Republic
Leader: Evo Marales
Current Event: Drugs |
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Capital: Montevideo
Location: South America
Independence: Aug 25, 1825
By Who:Britan- treaty
Currenecy: Uruguayan Peso
Languages: Spanish (Esponal Rioplantese)
Governemnt: Democratic consitution
Leader: Jose Mujica
Current Event: Drugs |
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Capital: Paramaribo
Location: Northern South America
Independence: 1975
By Who: Netherland Granted freedom
Currenecy: 1USD= 3.27 Suriname Dollar
Languages: Dutch (15 languages)
Governemnt: Federal Republic
Leader:
Current Event: Deforestation |
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Capital: Mexico City
Location: Central America
Independence: Sept 1810
By Who: Priest Hidalgo
Currenecy: 1USD= 12.16 Peso
Languages: Spanish (60 unofficial)
Governemnt: Constitutional Republic
Leader:
Current Event: Drug Cartel |
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Capital: Buenos Aires
Location: South America
Independence: 1816
By Who: Jose De San Martin
Currenecy: 1USD= 5.23 peso
Languages: Spanish (40 others)
Governemnt: Republic
Leader: Christina Fernandez
Current Event: Human Right Abuse |
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Capital: Asuncion
Location: South America
Independence: may 15, 1811
By Who: Pedro Juan Caballero
Currenecy: 1USD= 4010 Guarani
Languages: Spanish and Guarani
Governemnt: Consitutional Republic
Leader: Fedrico Franco
Current Event: Illness Dengue |
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Capital: Georgetown
Location: South America
Independence: 1966
By Who: British Gave Freedom
Currenecy: 1USD= 204 Guinese Dollars
Languages: English and guinese
Governemnt: Republic
Leader: Donald Remontar
Current Event: Just annouced the minimum wage |
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Capital: San Jose
Location: Central America
Independence: sept 15, 1821
By Who: Lack of Spanish Rule
Currenecy: 1USD= 1/3 Colones
Languages: Spanish official
Governemnt: Democratic republic
Leader:Laura Chinchilla Miranda
Current Event: Drug trafficking |
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Capital: kingston
Location: Caribbean
Independence: Aug. 6, 1962
By Who: British
Currenecy: 1USD= 95 Jamaican dollars
Languages: Jamican English
Governemnt: Consitutional Democracy
Leader: Portia Simpson Miller
Current Event: Druglords causing riots |
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Capital: Tegucigigalpa
Location: Central America
Independence: Sept 15, 1821
By Who: Spain
Currenecy: Lempira
Languages: Spanish, english and indigeous
Governemnt:Consitutional Republic
Leader: Porfirio Coba Sosa
Current Event: Drug violence |
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Capital: San Salvador
Location: Central America
Independence: Sept 15, 1821
By Who: Given by Spain
Currenecy: USD
Languages: Spanish and Nahua
Governemnt: Institutional Republic
Leader: Mauricio Funes
Current Event: Deforestation |
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Capital: Guatamala City
Location: Central America
Independence: Sept 15, 1821
By Who: Spain's consent
Currenecy: Quetzal
Languages: Spanish (23 others)
Governemnt: Democratic Republic
Leader: Otto Perez Molina
Current Event: Ex president tried for genocide |
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Capital: Carcas
Location: South America
Independence: 1821
By Who: Simon Bolivar
Currenecy: 1 USD = 6.29 Bolivar
Languages: Spanish
Governemnt: Federal Government
Leader: Nicolas Maduro
Current Event: Hugo Chavez died |
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Economic Depression-
Bail Out 2 years ago |
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| Coutries that Use the USD |
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| Countries that Use the dollar |
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Belize
Dominica
Suriname
Guyana
Jamica |
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Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Ecuador |
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What country is plagued by
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| Haiti and Dominica make up |
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what country makes up the
Iberian Penisula |
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| Where is Che Guevara from? |
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What countries gained independence
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Costa Rica
Honduras
El Salvador
Guatamala
Venezuela
Peru |
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| Countries that are Democratic Republic |
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| what countries are republics |
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Haiti
Colombia
Bolivia
Argentina
Guyana |
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countries with a consitutional
republic |
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Paraguay
Hondaraus
Panama |
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| Countries with a Deomcratic Republic |
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| Countries that speak english |
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Puerto Rico
Belize
Panama
Brazil
Bolivia
Guyana
Hondaraus |
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| Simon Bolivar freed what states |
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Colombia
Ecuador
Bolivia
Venezuela |
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| Countries that have Pesos |
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Domincan Republic
Colombia
Chile
Mexico
Argentina
Cuba |
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