The Exploration of South America
Overview
By the end of the nineteenth century, South America had barely been explored by civilized man. In the first three decades of the twentieth century, however, s...
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South America
The South American continent stretches from about 10° above the equator to almost 60° below it, encompassing an area of 6,880,706 sq mi (17,821,028 sq km). This is almost 1...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to expand his petrodollar influence in South America as he launched a four-nation tour Monday to promote his country's entry into a regional trade bloc and t...
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Flying through South America's busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems....
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Flying through South America's busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems....
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The American multimillionaire who founded the North Face and Esprit clothing lines says he is trying to save the planet by buying bits of it. First Douglas Tompkins purchased a huge swath of southe...
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Vilified by world leaders wary of his nuclear ambitions, Iran's president arrived in Bolivia on Thursday to strengthen ties with South American leftists who are embracing him as an energy and trade...
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The leaders of Iran and Venezuela cemented an alliance aimed at countering the United States while the Iranian president reached out to a new ally in Bolivia and declared that together, "no one can...
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La Paz/Caracas (dpa) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
pledged 1 billion dollars for the development of Bolivia's economy
and pledged to work more closely and fight im...
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Buenos Aires (dpa) - Seven presidents are expected to formally
launch Sunday in Buenos Aires the Bank of the South, intended as a
regional alternative to the International M...
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Buenos Aires (dpa) - Some football lovers base their life cycles
around an unmissable event that happens every four years: the World
Cup. However, this is a mistake of sorts...
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Isuzu Motors Ltd. and General Motors Corp. said Wednesday they
have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in selling trucks in
Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
Under a memorandum of under...
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South American Indian Religions
The Exploration of South America
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Venezuela's Chavez lobbies South America
