Peru emerged from 20 years of dictatorship in 1945 with the inauguration of President José Luis Bustamente y Rivero after the first free election in many decades.
In August 2007, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck 95 miles southeast of Lima, killing at least 430 people and leveling churches and homes.
1. The spanish arived in columbia in the early 1,500 2. it has survived many political assassinations 3. 90% of its population is catholic 4. highes point is Cristobal Colon 18,947ft high
1. For most of the Dominican Republic's independent history, the nation experienced political turmoil and unrest, suffering through many non-representative and tyrannical governments. 2. The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy, with national powers divided among independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The President of the Dominican Republic appoints the cabinet, executes laws passed by the legislative branch, and is commander in chief of the armed forces. 3.The country is a tropical, maritime nation. Wet season is from May to November, and periodic hurricanes between June and November. 4.The Dominican Republic is almost uniformly Christian. More than 90% of the population adheres to Christianity, mostly Roman Catholicism, followed by a growing contingent of Protestant groups such as Seventh-day Adventist, Jehovah's Witnesses and Pentecostals.
1.The Philippines can fit entirely inside the state of Texas! It is slightly larger than Arizona.
2.It’s up there with Indonesia to have one of the most numerous islands in the world (7,107 islands, more if it’s low tide).
3.Highly literate and conversant in English as 92% of the population can read and write. After the U.S. and U.K., it is the third largest English-speaking country in the world.
4.It is the birthplace of the yo-yo (used to be a weapon used by primitive hunters).
In November 2007, the Colombian army captured FARC rebels who were carrying videos, photographs, and letters of about 15 hostages, some who have been held in jungle camps by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, for nearly ten years. The Marxist-inspired FARC—the largest rebel group in Latin America—has been waging guerilla wars against the Colombian government for 40 years. Hostages included three American military contractors and Ingrid Betancourt, former Colombian presidential candidate. Also in November, Uribe withdrew his support of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s attempts to negotiate with the FARC, escalating tension between the two countries. Chávez subsequently withdrew the Venezuelan ambassador to Colombia.
When the world famous explorer Christopher Columbus 1498 made his third voyage to America he discovered this island. He baptized the island “La Margarita”, the Greek word for “Pearls” since he noticed that the seabed was laden with pearls.
The legend says that there once upon time existed pearls big as eggs from a dove on this island.
The name was later changed by the Spanish monarchs to Isla de Margarita to honour the princess from Austria who was to marry the Spanish Prince Don Juan.
Today the revenues from the pearls have been replaced by the industry of tourism. Because who can resist totally 50 high qualitative beaches scattered along a 106 miles of coastline?
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%
(Local Name: Salto Angel) Falling almost a kilometer, Angel Falls is the star attraction of Canaima National Park. At 979 m it is the highest waterfalls in the world. The best time to see the falls is during the rainy season, between May and November. During the dry season the falls may be little more than a trickle which turns to mist by the time it reaches the bottom.
The falls are usually visited by either a sightseeing flight or a 3 day boat trip beginning in the town of Canaima. Visitors must fly into Canaima as there is no road access. The boat trip may not be possible during the dry season due to low water levels in the river.
The official name for Cuba is Republic of Cuba. In Spanish it is known as Republicia de Cuba. It consists of the Island of Cuba, the Isle of Youth and some adjacent small islands. The Island of Cuba is the largest of the Greater Antilles. Cuba is located at the confluence point of the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. To the south is Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Cuba is west to the Turks and Caicos Island and Haiti. It is to the east of Mexico. It is also south to the eastern United States and the Bahamas. The island of Cuba is the seventeenth largest island in the world by land area. Here are some interesting facts about Cuba.
Cuba is the most populated country in the whole of the Caribbean. The main island of Cuba is surrounded by four other main groups of islands. The four islands are the Carnaguey, the Canarreos, the Jardines de la Reina and the Colorados. The total land area of Cuba is 110,860 kilometers square. The main island of Cuba consists of rolling plains. It has a range of steep mountains at its southeast end, called the Sierra Maestra. The highest point in Sierra Maestra is the Pico Real del Turquino at around two thousand and five meters (2005 mtrs). The capital of Cuba is Havana.
The climate in Cuba is tropical. It is moderated by trade winds. There is a dry season from November to April and has a rainy season from May to October. The average temperature is twenty one degrees Celsius in January and twenty seven degrees Celsius in July. Cuba is home to hurricanes and destructive storms since it lies on the path of violent weather. These hurricanes are most common in September and October.
Cuba has a mixed population, with one percent Chinese, eleven percent black, thirty seven percent white and a major fifty one percent being mixed black and white, mulatto. The female population is 5,580,500 while the male population is around 5,597,233. The birth rate of Cuba at 9.88 births per thousand is one of the lowest in all of the Western Hemisphere. The population rate has stopped in the last few decades, though the total population has increased from seven million to around twelve million since the sixties.
1) The United Mexican States are a federation whose government is representative, democratic and republican based on a presidential system according to the 1917 Constitution. The constitution establishes three levels of government: the federal Union, the state governments and the municipal governments. All officials at the three levels are elected by voters through first-past-the-post plurality, proportional representation or are appointed by other elected officials. 2) All elected executive officials are elected by plurality (first-past-the-post). Seats to the legislature are elected by plurality and proportional representation at the federal and state level.[44] The Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union is conformed by 300 deputies elected by plurality and 200 deputies by proportional representation with closed party lists[45] for which the country is divided into 5 electoral constituencies or circumscriptions.[46] The Senate is conformed by a total of 128 senators: 64 senators, two per state and the Federal District elected by plurality in pairs; 32 senators assigned to the first minority or first-runner up (one per state and the Federal District), and 32 elected by proportional representation with closed party lists for which the country conforms a single electoral constituency. 3)According to the constitution, all constituent states must have a republican form of government composed of three branches: the executive, represented by a governor and an appointed cabinet, the legislative branch constituted by a unicameral congress and the judiciary, also called a Supreme Court of Justice. They also have their own civil and judicial codes. 4)The PRI held an almost hegemonic power in Mexican politics since 1929. Since 1977 consecutive electoral reforms allowed opposition parties to win more posts at the local and federal level. This process culminated in the 2000 presidential elections in which Vicente Fox, candidate of the PAN, became the first non-PRI president to be elected in 71 years. - Juan
In 1993, Puerto Rico celebrated the 500th anniversary of its discovery by Colombus. Settled by explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, the Island was a Spanish possession for over four centuries. Puerto Rico came under United States sovereignty by thr Treaty of Paris signed on December 10, 1898, terminating the Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans have been US citizens since 1917. In July 1950, the US Congress enacted Public Law 600. It provided that existing laws which defined the political, economic, and fiscal realtionship between Puerto Rico and the United States should remain in full force. It also authorized Puerto Rico to draft and approve its own Constitution, which took effect on July 25, 1952. Puerto Rico's relationship with the US is referred to as commonwealth status.
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El Salvador has been occuppied by indigenous Indian people since as early as 1500 BC.
most of the 20th century was plagued by internal strife and civil warfare.
in 2001 a 7.69 earthquake struck and kill over 100 people costing over 3.5 billion dollars in damage.
Peru emerged from 20 years of dictatorship in 1945 with the inauguration of President José Luis Bustamente y Rivero after the first free election in many decades.
In August 2007, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck 95 miles southeast of Lima, killing at least 430 people and leveling churches and homes.
Agriculture: coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn, plantains, grapes, oranges, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products; fish.
In 2001, the centrist Alejandro Toledo was elected president with 53% of the vote, narrowly defeating former president Alan García.
1. The spanish arived in columbia in the early 1,500
2. it has survived many political assassinations
3. 90% of its population is catholic
4. highes point is Cristobal Colon 18,947ft high
1. For most of the Dominican Republic's independent history, the nation experienced political turmoil and unrest, suffering through many non-representative and tyrannical governments.
2. The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy, with national powers divided among independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The President of the Dominican Republic appoints the cabinet, executes laws passed by the legislative branch, and is commander in chief of the armed forces.
3.The country is a tropical, maritime nation. Wet season is from May to November, and periodic hurricanes between June and November.
4.The Dominican Republic is almost uniformly Christian. More than 90% of the population adheres to Christianity, mostly Roman Catholicism, followed by a growing contingent of Protestant groups such as Seventh-day Adventist, Jehovah's Witnesses and Pentecostals.
Over 52 million tourists visit Spain each year, Spain is in the top 3 most visited countries in the world.
roughly 90% of the population in Spain are Catholic and there is freedom of religion in Spain.
In Spain, their not used to big tips. If you give them even a few coins their already satisfied with you!
Officially there were 3.7 million foreign residents in 2005. Independent organisations such as Red Cross raised them up to 4.8 million.
Argentina also claimed 969,464 km² (374,312 sq mi) of Antarctica
The Argentine Football Association was formed in 1893 and is the eighth oldest national football association in the world
The country has been a leader in Latin American literature since becoming a fully united entity in the 1850s
Argentines are predominantly Roman Catholic. Historically, around 90% have indentified themselves as Roman Catholic according to different surveys.
1.The Philippines can fit entirely inside the state of Texas! It is slightly larger than Arizona.
2.It’s up there with Indonesia to have one of the most numerous islands in the world (7,107 islands, more if it’s low tide).
3.Highly literate and conversant in English as 92% of the population can read and write.
After the U.S. and U.K., it is the third largest English-speaking country in the world.
4.It is the birthplace of the yo-yo (used to be a weapon used by primitive hunters).
In November 2007, the Colombian army captured FARC rebels who were carrying videos, photographs, and letters of about 15 hostages, some who have been held in jungle camps by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, for nearly ten years. The Marxist-inspired FARC—the largest rebel group in Latin America—has been waging guerilla wars against the Colombian government for 40 years. Hostages included three American military contractors and Ingrid Betancourt, former Colombian presidential candidate. Also in November, Uribe withdrew his support of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s attempts to negotiate with the FARC, escalating tension between the two countries. Chávez subsequently withdrew the Venezuelan ambassador to Colombia.
When the world famous explorer Christopher Columbus 1498 made his third voyage to America he discovered this island. He baptized the island “La Margarita”, the Greek word for “Pearls” since he noticed that the seabed was laden with pearls.
The legend says that there once upon time existed pearls big as eggs from a dove on this island.
The name was later changed by the Spanish monarchs to Isla de Margarita to honour the princess from Austria who was to marry the Spanish Prince Don Juan.
Today the revenues from the pearls have been replaced by the industry of tourism. Because who can resist totally 50 high qualitative beaches scattered along a 106 miles of coastline?
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%
(Local Name: Salto Angel) Falling almost a kilometer, Angel Falls is the star attraction of Canaima National Park. At 979 m it is the highest waterfalls in the world. The best time to see the falls is during the rainy season, between May and November. During the dry season the falls may be little more than a trickle which turns to mist by the time it reaches the bottom.
The falls are usually visited by either a sightseeing flight or a 3 day boat trip beginning in the town of Canaima. Visitors must fly into Canaima as there is no road access. The boat trip may not be possible during the dry season due to low water levels in the river.
The official name for Cuba is Republic of Cuba. In Spanish it is known as Republicia de Cuba. It consists of the Island of Cuba, the Isle of Youth and some adjacent small islands. The Island of Cuba is the largest of the Greater Antilles. Cuba is located at the confluence point of the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. To the south is Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Cuba is west to the Turks and Caicos Island and Haiti. It is to the east of Mexico. It is also south to the eastern United States and the Bahamas. The island of Cuba is the seventeenth largest island in the world by land area. Here are some interesting facts about Cuba.
Cuba is the most populated country in the whole of the Caribbean. The main island of Cuba is surrounded by four other main groups of islands. The four islands are the Carnaguey, the Canarreos, the Jardines de la Reina and the Colorados. The total land area of Cuba is 110,860 kilometers square. The main island of Cuba consists of rolling plains. It has a range of steep mountains at its southeast end, called the Sierra Maestra. The highest point in Sierra Maestra is the Pico Real del Turquino at around two thousand and five meters (2005 mtrs). The capital of Cuba is Havana.
The climate in Cuba is tropical. It is moderated by trade winds. There is a dry season from November to April and has a rainy season from May to October. The average temperature is twenty one degrees Celsius in January and twenty seven degrees Celsius in July. Cuba is home to hurricanes and destructive storms since it lies on the path of violent weather. These hurricanes are most common in September and October.
Cuba has a mixed population, with one percent Chinese, eleven percent black, thirty seven percent white and a major fifty one percent being mixed black and white, mulatto. The female population is 5,580,500 while the male population is around 5,597,233. The birth rate of Cuba at 9.88 births per thousand is one of the lowest in all of the Western Hemisphere. The population rate has stopped in the last few decades, though the total population has increased from seven million to around twelve million since the sixties.
1) The United Mexican States are a federation whose government is representative, democratic and republican based on a presidential system according to the 1917 Constitution. The constitution establishes three levels of government: the federal Union, the state governments and the municipal governments. All officials at the three levels are elected by voters through first-past-the-post plurality, proportional representation or are appointed by other elected officials.
2) All elected executive officials are elected by plurality (first-past-the-post). Seats to the legislature are elected by plurality and proportional representation at the federal and state level.[44] The Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union is conformed by 300 deputies elected by plurality and 200 deputies by proportional representation with closed party lists[45] for which the country is divided into 5 electoral constituencies or circumscriptions.[46] The Senate is conformed by a total of 128 senators: 64 senators, two per state and the Federal District elected by plurality in pairs; 32 senators assigned to the first minority or first-runner up (one per state and the Federal District), and 32 elected by proportional representation with closed party lists for which the country conforms a single electoral constituency.
3)According to the constitution, all constituent states must have a republican form of government composed of three branches: the executive, represented by a governor and an appointed cabinet, the legislative branch constituted by a unicameral congress and the judiciary, also called a Supreme Court of Justice. They also have their own civil and judicial codes.
4)The PRI held an almost hegemonic power in Mexican politics since 1929. Since 1977 consecutive electoral reforms allowed opposition parties to win more posts at the local and federal level. This process culminated in the 2000 presidential elections in which Vicente Fox, candidate of the PAN, became the first non-PRI president to be elected in 71 years.
- Juan
In 1993, Puerto Rico celebrated the 500th anniversary of its discovery by Colombus. Settled by explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, the Island was a Spanish possession for over four centuries. Puerto Rico came under United States sovereignty by thr Treaty of Paris signed on December 10, 1898, terminating the Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans have been US citizens since 1917. In July 1950, the US Congress enacted Public Law 600. It provided that existing laws which defined the political, economic, and fiscal realtionship between Puerto Rico and the United States should remain in full force. It also authorized Puerto Rico to draft and approve its own Constitution, which took effect on July 25, 1952. Puerto Rico's relationship with the US is referred to as commonwealth status.
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