Pebas, Peru One of the oldest cities in the Amazon, Pebas (or Pevas) was founded in 1735 by missionaries from the Old World. Located 145…
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Paracas, Peru
The peninsula and the city of Paracas in Peru are best known for their national park (it bears the same name). This is a huge…
Selva, Peru
Selva is the eastern part of the country with unique flora and fauna: mahogany, rubber trees, sarsaparilla, vanilla tree and a great variety of exotic…
Llanos, Venezuela
LLANOS To the south, the tall-grass savanna of Llanos (Los Llanos) extends, occupying about 1/3 of the territory of Venezuela. The Orinoco River flows along…
Ushuaia, Argentina
The capital of the province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, located on the banks of the Beagle Channel and surrounded by the Martial Mountains, is…
Federal University of Latin American Integration
Federal University of Latin American Integration. It is a public Brazilian higher education institution located in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil. It…
National University of Rio Cuarto (Argentina)
The National University of Río Cuarto is a national public university of Argentina, based in the Córdoba city of Río Cuarto (Argentine province of Córdoba)….
Brazil Mineral Products
According to Itypeusa, the series of ancient rocks, which make up a large part of the basement of the vast plateau and most of the…
Brazil Agricultural Production in the Quinqumnio from 1921-1922 to 1925-1926
The table summarizing the average annual data during the agricultural five-year period from 1921-22 to 1925-26 shows what is the contribution of the individual states…
Brazil Arts
In Brazil the popular component, the result of a fusion of races, myths, rites, magic, is deeply felt, and even cutting-edge artistic research takes it…
Brazil Arts and Music
ART AND ARCHITECTURE According to findjobdescriptions, the religious architecture, imported by the Jesuits, re-proposed the dominant style in Portugal, with continuous exchanges of artists as…
Brazil Cinema
At the end of the nineteenth century, two Italian brothers, the Segreto, opened the first cinema hall in Rio and, comforted by the success of…
Brazil Contemporary Literature – Opera
In opera Parnassianism has long retained its dominance; but, having limited itself in Brazil almost exclusively to the predilection of special metric forms (the sonnet…
Brazil Economic Conditions
In Brazil coexist great opulence and terrible misery, poor subsistence agriculture, especially in the Northeast, and market agriculture on enormous surfaces, advanced industry and more…
Brazil Economic Sectors
Breeding. – Livestock farming is widely practiced in almost all regions of Brazil, mostly with backward methods. The livestock patrimony, according to the 1940 census,…
Brazil Environmental Problems
Brazil owns most of the Amazon rainforest, and therefore is considered by the rest of the world as a country responsible for its conservation or…
Brazil Literature
From the origins to the romantic movement According to best-medical-schools, the Jesuit J. de Anchieta, in the 16th century, is the first Brazilian writer; few other…
Brazil Population – Amerindian Groups
The numerous ethnic groups originating from Brazil never reached a significant numerical consistency and, today as in the past, appear to be distributed with very…
Brazil Explorations
The problem of the first trips to the Brazilian coasts is still very controversial. It seems that in his 1499 voyage Amerigo Vespucci, coming from…
Brazil Literature – Transformation Period
In the second phase of the century. XVIII, a Mineira school emerges, so called because it flourishes in the main centers of the province of…
Venezuela Entry Requirements
Venezuela is in the north South America on the Caribbean coast. The state borders on Brazil, Colombia and Guyana and has a good 27 million…
Emigration to Argentina
Area: 2,780,400 km² Residents: 44,293,293 (July 2017 estimate) Population density: 16 E / km² Form of Government: Federal Republic of Government: Presidential democracy Neighboring countries: Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay…
Guyana Economy
ECONOMY: GENERAL INFORMATION Guyana’s economy still suffers from an intrinsic structural weakness. It remains focused on the monoculture of sugar cane and the extraction of…
Child Education in Paraguay
In Paraguay, it is common for young people to drop out of school. They have little access to vocational training and work. This is especially…
School and Education in Venezuela
Training Both the leading parties in Venezuela’s parliament have made education a priority. It is free of charge at all levels and compulsory for 9…