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General Information about Venezuela

April 29, 2022April 30, 2022collegetoppicks
People of Venezuela

The official name is the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela). It has had its current official name since 2000. It is located in…

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Catholic University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)

March 10, 2022March 11, 2022collegetoppicks
Catholic University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)

Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Academic institution located in the city of Belo Horizonte belonging to the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is the oldest private university in this…

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National University of the West (Argentina)

March 3, 2022March 11, 2022collegetoppicks
National University of the West (Argentina)

National University of the West (UNO). Public and free university of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the mission of adapting to local and regional needs, and from that…

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Argentina Education

January 16, 2022January 6, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Education

Elementary education. – During the colonial era, first grade education was given in the family, in the colleges of religious orders, in the schools attached to the churches and in…

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Argentina Geography

January 15, 2022January 6, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Geography

According to Educationvv, Argentina occupies the greater part of the temperate zone of South America, but, extending from 55 ° to 22 ° about lat. south, it also includes a…

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Argentina Industries and Trade

January 14, 2022January 6, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Industries

Industries. – From what has been said we conclude that Argentina has an industrial production almost exclusively derived from agriculture and livestock, it is a country very rich in these…

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Argentina Literature

January 13, 2022January 6, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Literature 2

In Argentina, as indeed in all of Latin America, the first literary productions are chronicles of the conquest and colonization of the region. Throughout the Baroque period, Argentine literature lived…

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Argentina Literature – Opera

January 12, 2022January 6, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Literature - Opera

While the lyrics of Tejeda, Labardén, Varela, López and Luca, despite the changing times and literary addresses had remained substantially loyal to the influence of the Spanish Renaissance, Echeverría marks,…

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Argentina Literature – The Outlaws

January 11, 2022January 6, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Literature - The Outlaws

The primitives. – The study of folklore, through which it is possible to gain direct knowledge of the ancient popular poetry of the pre-Columbian era and the early days of…

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Argentina Literature – Theater

January 10, 2022January 6, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Literature - Theater

The Moderns. – The new epoch has its first prodromes at the time of the constitutional organization (1853-1862), but it is clarified and clarified only after the federalization of Buenos…

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Argentina Literature and Cinema

January 9, 2022January 6, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Literature

Literature. – To grasp the developments of Argentine literature in the new century, it is essential to take into consideration the historical-cultural context of the last thirty years of the…

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Argentina Minerals

January 8, 2022January 6, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Minerals

Minerals. – Despite the enormous extension of the country and the very remarkable variety of soils, mineral products occupy a secondary place in the Argentine economy, since the most useful…

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Argentina Population and Economy 1947

January 7, 2022January 6, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Population and Economy 1947

Population. A 1943 decree abolished the Los Andes territory. The four departments into which it was divided: Susques, Pastos Grandes, Antofagasta de la Sierra and San Antonio de los Cobres…

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Argentina Population and Economy 1989

January 6, 2022July 7, 2022collegetoppicks
Argentina Population and Economy 1989

Population. – According to a 1989 estimate, the population rises to 31,903,275 residents (11 residents per km 2). The recent demographic evolution is characterized by a natural annual growth rate of…

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Brazil Economic and Financial Policy Between 1991 and 1998

January 2, 2022January 1, 2022collegetoppicks
Brazil business

In the period 1991-98, Brazilian GDP grew on average by 2.7 % per year, a growth rate significantly higher than that recorded in the decade 1981-90 (1.3 %). This has…

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Argentina Between 1989 and 1999

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Argentina Between 1989 and 1999

After the presidency of R. Alfonsín, who had managed the return to democracy in Argentina without, however, being able to cope with the economic crisis of the country, nor to…

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Bolivia in the 1930’s

December 10, 2021December 19, 2021collegetoppicks
Bolivia in the 1930's

Borders. – Following the resolution of the conflict with Paraguay for the possession of the Chaco Boreal (see below), an international military commission was charged with delimiting a neutral zone…

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Best Travel Time and Climate for Peru

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021collegetoppicks
Best Travel Time and Climate for Peru

Peru and its sights are among the most famous places in the world. Almost everyone knows the Inca city of Machu Picchu. How about getting there instead of a 40…

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Trinidad and Tobago History Timeline

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021collegetoppicks
Trinidad and Tobago History Timeline

According to cheeroutdoor, Trinidad and Tobago is a South American country located in the southern Caribbean Sea, 11 km off the coast of Venezuela. The country consists of the two…

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Argentina History

October 1, 2021September 25, 2021collegetoppicks
Argentina History

Discovery and colonial times In 1516 Juan Díaz de Solís (* around 1470, † 1516) discovered the mouth of the La Plata. In the 1830s, the Spaniards established the first…

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Colombia Culture and Literature

August 26, 2021August 25, 2021collegetoppicks
Colombia Culture

Culture In pre- Hispanic times, the Muisca (around 1200–1540) settled the highlands of Bogotá and developed a high culture whose rites the legend of the golden land of Eldorado refers…

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Jesuit Missions of the Guaraní (World Heritage)

August 19, 2021August 25, 2021collegetoppicks
Jesuit Missions of the Guaraní (World Heritage)

Jesuit missions of the Guaraní (World Heritage), the ruins are a reminder of the missionary work of the Jesuits in the 17th century and their work in the land of…

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Potosí (World Heritage)

August 12, 2021August 25, 2021collegetoppicks
Potosí (World Heritage)

The city on the mountain of the same name was the richest city in America in the 16th and 17th centuries due to its silver mines. The once free imperial…

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World Heritages in Uruguay

August 5, 2021August 25, 2021collegetoppicks
Fray Bentos industrial landscape (World Heritage)

Country Overview According to physicscat, Uruguay is a republic on the east coast of South America with the capital Montevideo. It is the smallest country in South America after Suriname…

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Cost of Living in Chile

June 3, 2021June 4, 2021collegetoppicks
Cost of Living in Chile

Almost all the products that students need in everyday life are readily available in Chile. Exchange students can expect a huge range of local and imported goods in supermarkets, shopping…

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