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    most of them call him the Liberator. Bolivar is known for his role as a revolutionary leader against the Spanish forces that occupied most of South America and helped liberate six countries that would not have been around if not for his constant pursuit for justice. Even today as his story is almost 200 years old, Bolivar still makes an impact in South America by the means of representing the fight for people of all ethnicities, all the people that have been denied justice, and as their perfect and

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    The Panama Canal is a 48 mile long canal that cuts through the isthmus of Panama. It connects both the atlantic, and Pacific Oceans making transportation faster, so goods, services, and people wouldn’t have to go over North America, or under South America. The canal is man-made and was made by the United States. The canal was successfully built in 1914 by the United States after 10 years of building it. However, the French tried to build it before the U.S.A. It started in 1881 and

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    The South American soldier Jose’ de San Martin and a statesman was born in Yapeyú in Northern Argentina who lived from (1778-1850) who later with his parents moved to Spain.Born the son of a soldier, Jose knew at a young age that he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps at a young age he entered the Royal Academy as a cadet and trained along with the three sons of the nobility of Spain. When beginning his fight against the French he fought in the Peninsular War until 1809 the war continued

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    Guyana Research Paper

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    1523, Cumana, the oldest permanent European settlement in South America, was established. III. Guyana A. General information 1. Guyana means “land of waters.” The name was given to the northeast coast of South America. The area requires dikes and drainage systems to stop the flooding of the land caused by heavy seasonal rainfall.

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    The Americas First piece is a shallow bowl, hand-coiled and outdoor fired, about 6 inches width, and 2 inches length, and height. The piece was made in america, in 1901 by Nampeyo, in Arizona. The bowl looks almost wooden, the artist probably used brown clay. The painting inside the bowl, looks like a abstract bird form, with a stylized eagle tail. Nampeyo used black and red paint, and a lot of different shapes. Starting from the bottom, it looks like two triangles that curve and join the black

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    slopes was warmer than ours. She says that the warmer temperature helps to have good vegetation in summer. Even the dead plants were enough to feed the edomontosaurs in the North slopes during winter. Thus the edomontosaurs did not need to migrate to south- the warm place. This directly challenges the reading assertion that the food requirement for the

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    South American Leader Simon Bolivar, memorialized as one of the greatest liberators during South America 's successful fight for independence from Spain, also known as Bolivar 's War. General Simon Bolivar led the wars to independence for Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. Bolivar succeeded as a liberator but his ultimate dream to unify his beloved continent fell short. His vision of combining all of South America into one independent nation always remained intact. Being

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    criticism from the US government, US NGOs and the US public as the first bomb”(wade,2011.page 5). The country that received assistance was Brazil. The Polonoroeste project aimed to pave an existing 1,500 kilometer dirt road from the densely populated south-central region into the sparsely populated Amazon, in the states of Rondonia and next-door Mato Grasso; and to construct feeder and access roads at the frontier end of the highway(Wade,2011, page 5).as described by ‘wade” this project was so vital

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    In world today there are many left over items from civilizations that came before us and the Inca Ruins of Moray in the Sacred Valley, Peru is no different. There are bountiful ways it can be used now. The Inca Empire used it trying to discover the climate change on specific crops they were growing. Another way similar to the climate change is that growing and testing different crops to see which could grow better. There are a few elements that Brazil is the number one in the growth of sugar cane

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    Sustainability In Brazil

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    Geographical considerations. Brazil was once an earthly “eden,” heralds the authors in “Brazil, the collapsed Eden: Natural disasters in contemporary Brazil.” Years ago, as European explorers and treasure hunters came to the South American beaches, the land of present-day Brazil was teeming with natural resources. While the article referenced indulges in some ethnic religious connotations that the Brazilians are interconnected with their land, the mythos is still palpable today for most Brazilians

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