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    Facts About Argentina

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    Did you know that Argentina has the largest land mass in South America?! Well, it does. Argentina is an amazing country, so in this paper, you will read the reasons why it’s such a great country. You will read about, what seems like a bunch of jargon, Geography, Sports, Government, economy, imports and exports, laws, animals, and many more. But first, I am going to give you some random fun facts. Here are some fun facts about Argentina. Pope Francis is a native Argentinian. He once worked as a

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    2. CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT: 2.1. General factors affecting business (the business climate) Argentine culture has been largely influenced by European countries. Significant influences include Spanish, French, British, and Italian, as well as African, and its very own gaucho (Indian) culture. Some of their most recognized cultural symbols include tango-influenced by jazz; and of course soccer, which is the national sport. Soccer is a very important aspect in the Argentinian culture. Most of the population

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    The mission is a film that talks about the Catholic Church’s main objective, which is the conversion of people into the religion, the main characters of this process. The movie is based on true facts but for the sake of the art of cinema the creators reordered events and added some characters. The movie takes place in 1750 in Paraguay, South America, the principal narrator of the movie is the Cardinal Altamirano but the main characters are Rodrigo Mendoza who used to be a slave trader and who’s

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    Tompkins Conservation

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    Deforestation, pollution, poaching, and soil abuse are just four of the innumerable factors that lead to deleterious effects on the environment. With more and more trees falling under the determined chainsaws and axe blows of illegal loggers and soil loss from tenuous irrigation methods, South American governments have a rising concern to protect its ecosystem. But an unusual, and equally controversial, solution came not within the restraining bounds of the country borders, but from the efforts of

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    Paraguay Research Paper

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    America, northeast of Argentina. Because of the country’s location in South America, it received the nickname Heart of South America. Paraguay’s neighboring countries include Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil. Languages spoken in Paraguay are Spanish and Guarani, and most of its citizen’s ethnicity are Mestizo. Paraguay is the 104th largest country in the world by population. It is also the 60th largest country

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    The movie, The Mission (1986), depicts events in South America, likely in what is now the state of Rio Grande do Sul. In the movie, a slave trader named Rodrigo Mendoza, played by Robert De Niro, makes his living by capturing slaves and bringing them to the Spanish Governor’s plantation. There, he catches his fiancée sleeping with his younger half-brother, which causes him, in a rage, to kill his younger brother. Due to this, he eventually joins a Jesuit mission. After coming into contact with a

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    Argentina Research Paper

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    One of the most well-known and most visited is the Iguazu Falls. Iguazu Falls is considered on if the 7 Natural Wonders of the World. In the Guarani language, “Iguazu” is a direct translation to “Great Waters”. The falls were discovered in 1541 by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. In 1984, it was stablished as a Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is situated in the northern part of the providence

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    The late 15th century marked the beginnings of a period of discovery and expansion for Europeans. During these years of discovery, great forces behind drive for expansion existed. The Spanish and Portuguese's main forces included: the lust for the wealth of gold and silver, the acquisition of new lands which brought nobility, and the spread of their Christian based religion. The Spanish and Portuguese conquest of Latin America provides us with insight of these drives in the ultimate search for

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    My poem is about Dom Pedro I denouncing General Jorge Avilez because he instigated riots across Brazil after Pedro’s announcement he did at 9th January 1822 in which Pedro didn’t want to go to Portugal because, “as the open mockery and humiliation of Dom Pedro [I] continued at the hands of the Cortes, the prince drew further and further away from his homeland, gradually shifting his loyalties to Brazil” (“Brazilian Independence”). Dom Pedro I is the fourth son of King Dom João VI of Portugal and

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    Jesus Delgado Computers/ Technology Mr. Robertson/ Ms. Merilus 6th grade Bell Gardens Intermediate 5841 Live Oak St., Bell Gardens, CA 90201 (562) 927-1319 Abstract The subject of the following essay is on videogame engineering. This essay investigates the future of videogames and how will they affect us. There is research on cons of videogames, the present and the future of videogames, the advantages, how videogames beneficial. Although many people say videogames are bad for children

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