President of Brazil

Think back to the last vacation you had overseas and how many American companies you may have seen in that foreign country. Whether it was McDonalds or a JW Marriott, western culture is an overarching presence in Latin America. Not only can it potentially interfere with the current culture of the country, it also exploits the land and resources in the area. In Through the Arc of the Rainforest, Yamashita discusses the globalization process through overarching American corporations westernizing…

Sabeena Jagdeo [Romesh was born in 1963. His home country is Guyana, which is located in South America. He grew up living a simple lifestyle with his two parents and his three brothers and two sisters. His “call name” or nickname as it is known in America was Bai. He got his high school education in Guyana and when he was 21, immigrated to America in 1986 , where his older brother was already living. He emigrated, so that he could have a better life for himself and one day bring the rest of his…

The Smoky Mountains are home to a wide variety of plants. The Great Smoky Mountains national park is over 800 square miles, and throughout this vast space is found a large diversity of plants. The national park is over 95% forested, and is sometimes referred to as the “wildflower national park”. While over 12,000 plant species have been discovered in the park, there is evidence that there may be as many as 90,000 unfound species. The range of elevations throughout the Smoky Mountains makes it a…

With agriculture, mining, illegal logging and construction being the causes of deforestation our ecosystems are in constant danger. Villagers that live in the forest are feeling the effects of climate change. The Puerto Luz village president said that the sun is much stronger now than it was 20 years ago. “Now it burns our skin, we get headaches at night, get sick.” Not only is the sun changing but so is the forest. Fruits are changing by ripening and rotting faster, everything living…

soils have contributed to the rapid expansion of soybeans which gradually has become one of the leading product for exports in Bolivia. POLITICS Bolivia’s politics is a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic. whereby the president is head of state, head of government and also head of a Diversity multi-party system. In Bolivia, the minority elite class has dominated politics (and also the economy in Bolivia) which has led to the feeling of injustice for the native and…

Located near the southeast of the Gulf of Mexico, Central America and north of South America, the Caribbean has over 7000 islands, all sharing different benefits. The fifth best island in this huge archipelago is the largest island called Nevusa. Nevusa has an area of approximately 7,000 square miles. It has a vast amount of wildlife, ideal for hunting, with three convenient ports around the island. The fourth best island, known as Terre de Mas, is basically the opposite of Nevusa. Terre de Mas…

From the buzzing backdrop of samba and the bustling crowd that fill the vibrant beaches of Rio de Janeiro to the silently cascading white streams and the slippery rocks of the waterfalls in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil is home to more than six million people and five thousand municipalities that share a common yet complex identity. The two distinctions and perceptions of identity, national and regional and positive and negative, are crafted through culture and tradition as they are extremely…

Hi, Aaron here from the Leiningen plantation in southern Brazil. We are witnessing, first hand, the world’s largest army attempt to take on 400+ men armed with farm supplies and tools, ANTS! Every few years, an ant colony will expand outside its normal exploring territory and move all the way across South America. This colony arises other colonies along the way and builds their army of mass destruction. This swarm can grow up to 2 miles wide, and 10 miles long. That’s 20 square miles!! This…

Brazil has the highest biodiversity of the Earth. Its coastline is 8698 km long, with about 324,000 Km2, and diverse biomes such as mangroves, salt marshes, coral reefs, rocky shores, and sandy beaches. Due to these proportions, the introduction and dispersion of marine species is larger and easier, Brazil currently is one of the countries most at risk of loss of biodiversity in the world. By 2011, more than 380 invasive species have already been identified in Brazil, with more than 11,250…

humans to clear space to grow sugar for ethanol productions. One way to solve this issue is to stop using cars that need e10 fuel. The Amazon rainforest is located in South America the countries that have the amazon rainforest as their border are Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The amazon rainforest is located 10 degrees north and south of the equator and is 2/3 of South America. The Amazon is a rainforest ecosystem. It is the biggest of…