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- nomadic and colorful horsemen and cowhands of the South American pampas ... used to refer to cowhands and other people of Rio Grande do Sul. ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 04:47, 18 April 2024
- 1821) was a Chilean general, considered one of the founders of independent ... Eventually, he was executed in Mendoza, by the military of the United ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 19:38, 9 May 2024
- [[Image:Mate calabaza fondo blanco.jpg|thumb|200 px|Typical style ... caffeine, prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (Spanish) / erva ...18 KB (3,004 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- Patagonia is the portion of South America which to the east of the ... (2001 census) inhabitants. Seventy percent of its population is located in ...22 KB (3,265 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city. It ... Buenos Aires is the center of the Argentina's government, commerce ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth ... silver, and was based upon the legend of Sierra del Plata—a mountain ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- The War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan War ... The cause of the war has been widely attributed to causes as varied ...35 KB (5,486 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South ... he left his mother country at the early age of seven and studied in an aristocratic ...40 KB (6,434 words) - 05:43, 10 May 2024
- Most commonly, rivers flow on the surface of the land, but there are also ... ==Origins of river water== A river may have its source in a spring ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 01:43, 15 December 2022
- Empire, and remained under the control of Japan until Japan's defeat ... they published the news, and eight members of the newpaper staff were jailed ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 15:58, 14 October 2022
- An otter is any member of 13 extant species of semi-aquatic and aquatic ... being generally at or near the top of food chains, consuming fish ...15 KB (2,407 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- Sucre, which is located in the south-central part of Bolivia, is the ... Sucre is also called “The City of Four Names.” Charcas was the ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- Rhea is the common name for any of the large, flightless, ratite birds ... Wild rheas provide important ecological values as part of food chains ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 21:03, 2 December 2023
- Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name ... mind, to produce a dream-like work of art that explored truth that ...16 KB (2,513 words) - 06:10, 18 November 2022
- The War of the Pacific, also called the Saltpeter War in reference ... The War of the Pacific grew out of a dispute between Chile and Bolivia ...34 KB (5,333 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- name Nuestra Señora de La Paz (“Our Lady of Peace”), is the administrative ... southeast of Lake Titicaca, the city lies in a deep, broad canyon ...25 KB (3,650 words) - 05:31, 4 March 2023
- A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, that ... The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador ... Quito is considered to have one of the oldest and best preserved colonial ...31 KB (4,586 words) - 00:07, 15 April 2023
- the economic, social, and cultural center of the nation of Guatemala. It ... The area of Guatemala City was the location of Kaminaljuyu, a Mayan ...18 KB (2,600 words) - 03:27, 5 March 2023
- in the Andes mountain range, southeast of the Incan city of Machu Picchu ... One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Western Hemisphere ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- ; ancient name: 吳) is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze ... which followed, aristocrats constructed many of the famous private gardens ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- :This article is about the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas ... right|An independent origin and development of writing is counted among the ...47 KB (6,955 words) - 19:42, 4 March 2024
- A high school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly ... In addition to completing this level of academic studies, high schools ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023
- produced by hydropower—that is, the energy of moving water. It is the world ... about 715,000 megawatts (or 19 percent) of the world's electricity ...23 KB (3,052 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2024
- A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader, is the veneration ... A cult of personality is similar to apotheosis, except that it is ...57 KB (8,108 words) - 06:45, 11 January 2024
- Panama, officially the Republic of Panama ( República de Panamá ), is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on an ...42 KB (6,441 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- that is especially honored either because of its antiquity, association ... building, usually located at the center of a Roman town (forum). Public ...21 KB (3,233 words) - 03:32, 1 January 2022
- States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Report of William H. Emory" Washington ... lived near the Grand Canyon and areas of Southern California, particularly ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 10:25, 7 June 2023
- Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America ... 1990, the country has been relatively free of the coups common to many of ...39 KB (5,549 words) - 16:43, 10 December 2023
- physician, Marxist, politician, and leader of Cuban and internationalist ... Some time later, Guevara became a member of Fidel Castro's paramilitary ...45 KB (6,974 words) - 17:59, 7 March 2024
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... newly independent nation cherished as a sign of membership in the community ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- the cultural and literary renaissance of Spain in the twentieth century ... As part of his own “project of life,” Ortega acted on his convictions ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 01:34, 8 September 2022
- Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside ... Chinese dominate almost all the economies of Southeast Asia, and have sometimes ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- Raccoon (sometimes racoon) is the common name for any of the New World ... ranges from Costa Rica through most areas of South America east of the Andes ...75 KB (11,261 words) - 20:56, 26 October 2023
- ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ... Age" in contrast to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars and World ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South ... northern Ecuador to central Chile. In search of Inca wealth, the Spanish explorer ...46 KB (6,833 words) - 23:21, 26 August 2023
- The Republic of Guatemala ( República de Guatemala , re'puβlika ... nation's development. Large portions of Guatemala's interior remain ...37 KB (5,339 words) - 23:54, 8 March 2024
- The history of agriculture is the story of humankind's development ... Because of agriculture, cities as well as trade relations between ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
- ) both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of ... subcultural divisions among themselves; two of the largest are White Hmong ...34 KB (5,083 words) - 13:05, 1 February 2024
- Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba ... Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction ...72 KB (10,971 words) - 06:40, 11 January 2024
- or Lettland), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvija or ... The ancient Balts of this time actively participated in the trading ...34 KB (4,920 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- Southern European country with a population of approximately 60 million. It ... and France. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory ... Negatively, attitudes of racial, cultural, religious and civilization ...36 KB (5,415 words) - 07:40, 14 January 2023
- Venezuela, known since 1999 as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ... Guayana highlands, it plunges off the edge of a "tepui," or table ...35 KB (5,081 words) - 15:01, 3 May 2023
- the foremost global power. It was a product of the European age of discovery ... By 1921, the British Empire ruled a population of between 470 and ...59 KB (8,891 words) - 02:41, 22 November 2023
- For the Republic of China see Taiwan. For the civilization of China and its history see China. ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any wild terrestrial mammal ... predator, the cougar pursues a wide variety of prey. Primary food sources ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located ... country in South America (after Brazil, Argentina, and Peru), with an area ...40 KB (5,666 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact ... Most tornadoes have wind speeds of 110 miles per hour (mph) (175 kilometers ...56 KB (8,507 words) - 00:50, 20 February 2024
- is on the Pacific Ocean, while the east side of the country is on the Caribbean Sea. The country's name is derived from "Nicarao," the name ...59 KB (8,536 words) - 09:43, 11 March 2023
- a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays ... for her day. She sought the attention of those who could influence her ...103 KB (16,692 words) - 01:55, 22 March 2023
- Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España (both bordering Morocco). It is the largest of the three sovereign nations ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... Ireland—with King Charles III as head of state. He is also head of state ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
