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1) Uruguay
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Presents information on the geography, history, economy, and people of Uruguay. Includes a chronology, recipes, project ideas, and more.
2) Ecuador
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Presents the geography, history, economy, cities and communities, and people and culture of Ecuador. Includes recipes, related projects, and a calendar of festivals. Named for the equator, which passes through it, the Republic of Ecuador sits on the western coast of South America. One of the smallest countries of the continent, Ecuador nevertheless features Andean summits, tropical forests and savannas, snow-edged volcanoes, and glacial lakes. About...
3) Guyana
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Discusses the land, the history, the economy, the people, and the festivals of Guyana.
4) Suriname
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Presents the geography, history, economy, cities and communities, and people and culture of Suriname. Includes recipes, related projects, and a calendar of festivals.
5) Argentina
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Presents the geography, history, economy, cities and communities, and people and culture of Argentina. Includes recipes, related projects, and a calendar of festivals.
6) Brazil
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Discusses the land, the history, the economy, the people, and the festivals of Brazil.
7) Chile
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Discusses the land, the history, the economy, the people, and the festivals of Chile.
8) Bolivia
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Discusses the land, the history, the economy, the people, and the festivals of Bolivia.
9) Colombia
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Discusses the land, history, economy, cities and communities, people and culture, and festivals of Colombia.
10) Peru
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Presents information on the geography, history, economy, and people of Peru. Includes a chronology, recipes, project ideas, and more.
11) Venezuela
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Discusses the land, the history, the economy, the people, and the festivals of Venezuela. When Spanish explorers arrived on the coast of South America, they found that natives had built their homes on stilts along the the swampy shore of Lake Maracaibo. Because this reminded the Europeans of the city of Venice, they named the region Venezuela (Little Venice). Today, Venezuela is one of the leading oil-producing nations in the world. It has a high...
12) Paraguay
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A landlocked nation surrounded by its South American neighbors, the Republic of Paraguay has been isolated throughout much of its history. After achieving independence from Spain in 1811, the country suffered through decades of dictatorships and political strife before implementing a democratic system toward the end of the 20th century. Today, most of Paraguay's approximately 7 million citizens are descended from the Guaraní Amerindian tribe, and...
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The fourth-largest continent on earth, South America is a land of great extremes. The longest mountain range on the planet-the Andes-divides the continent from its northern coast on the sunny Caribbean to its southern tip at stormy Tierra del Fuego. Within its boundaries lies the world's highest active volcano (Chimborazo, in Ecuador), the world's highest waterfall (Angel Falls, in Venezuela), and the world's driest region (the Atacama Desert, of...
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