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fifth largest country by its Geographic and Population, with a total area of 8,515,767.049 km2 (3,287,956 sq mi), including 55,455 km2 (21,411 sq mi) of water, with over 190 million people. A country where world cup was held in 2014 is located between Andes and Atlantic Ocean. Brazil is famous with Sao Paulo, its capital city, Rio de Janeiro, and its biodiversity such as Amazon Rainforest (Jaguar, Puma, Red Piranha, etc). Country whose mother tongue is Portuguese is the largest coffee producer.…

The Western World, North and South America Columbus’s discovery launched an Age of Exploration, where every European power wanted a piece of the New World. Shorty after Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the Western Hemisphere, in 1492, many Europeans also started the strenuous expedition. One of which was Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian who constituted an entirely separate journey to this second super continent, came to be named "Americas", deriving its name from Americus, the Latin version of…

that others appropriately react in response to an initiated behavior, actions that a person displays. Heflin expresses a similar argument in Eating Your Friends is the Hardest in his concluding thirteen “sociological lessons derive[d]”[5] from the Andes tragedy. Heslin’s sixth point was that “anyone who suggests such changes is likely to be seen as a threatening deviant. Shock, horror, or ridicule may be the reactions, and -- for persons who persist on a disorienting course -- shunning,…

sisters. There was little involvement of women in upper level positions. “This has changed and now you see more women appointed to higher levels in Peru.” During the 1980s, my father pursued his Master’s Degree in Applied Statistics at GWU. He dreamt about starting a new life in the US; free, safe, and with numerous opportunities. He had to go back to Peru as there were no possibilities of obtaining a visa to work in the US. My father did not want to be an illegal alien. Consequently, he went…

Luis Garavito was born on the 25th of January, 1957 in Genova, Quindio,Colombia.He is the oldest of seven brothers, and apparently suffered physical and emotional abuse by his father.In his testimony he described being a victum of sexuall abuse when he was young.Garavitos victims were poor children, peasant childen, or street children,between the ages of 6 and 16.Garavito approach to them on the streets or countryside and offered them gifts or small amounts of money.after gaining their trust…

The Inca Empire began, from the expansion into the Andean territory, making the Inca Empire dominate part of the present territories known as: Peru, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia and from the Andes to the coast. The organization and administration imposed by the Incas became the most important and powerful state before the presence of the Spaniards. The Incas have two periods of expansion. Throughout both stages, these brilliant organizers established…

Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) was the greatest leader of Latin America's independence movement from Spain. An excellent general and an interesting and well-liked politician, he not only drove the Spanish from northern South America but also was of great help in the early childhood of the republics that sprang up once the Spanish had gone. His later years are marked by the collapse of his grand dream of a united South America. He is remembered as "The Liberator," the man who freed his home from…

As taught by all of the Manifestations, the Creator is formless, birthless and deathless. Zoroastrians refrained from making images of any sort, and do not worship idols. “Ahura (God) is everywhere at once. He is all-knowing. He knows what we are thinking and doing at this very moment. When Ahura Mazda first created humanity, He gave the following order: “Be diligent to save you souls; I shall then provide for your bodily matters. For it is impossible to save your souls, without you. There is a…

Chile Cuisine Chile is a country that is in the South American Continent. Most of the population is white/ Non indigenous. The main language spoken in Chile is Spanish as well as there also being other languages spoken other than Spanish such as English and other languages among the people that are indigenous to the country. Chile is home to many different kinds of foods that originally originated from Chile with the help of their influences such as immigrants that bring their ideas and culture…

1. How did events in Europe make Latin American independence possible? A majority of the Latin American revolutions were only successful because of their good timing. Around 1807 to 1825, opportunities of such revolutions existed due to the weakening of Spain and Portugal. With the addition of Spain and Portugal struggling back home with power between Napoleon Bonaparte and toppled monarchies, their colonial powers weakened. As if the empires couldn’t control their land back home in Europe, the…