San Andres Archipelago and Providence, Colombia
The archipelago of San Andres and Providencia is located 230 km east of Nicaragua and 750 km northwest of the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Many […]
South America
Chile History – Post Dictatorial Period
Post dictatorial period Patricio Aylwin took office as President of Chile on November of March of 1990, bringing the so – called transition period began to bourgeois democracy in […]
World Heritage Site in Chile
Declaration Approved by UNESCO in 1972 and signed by Chile in 1980, the Convention on World Cultural and Natural Heritage required the signatory countries to present a […]
Best Travel Time for Uruguay
Uruguay climate The climate in northern Uruguay is subtropical and temperate in the southern part of the country. The climatic conditions on the coasts of […]
FAO History
The emergence The FAO was founded on October 16, 1945 in Quebec, Canada. The initiative was taken as early as May 1943 when then-US President […]
The 10 highest mountains in South America
The Huascaran Norte in Peru At 6,652 meters, the northern peak of the Huascaran massif in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru is only the tenth […]
Venezuela 2004
Yearbook 2004 Venezuela. After politically surviving a coup attempt in 2002 and a massive general strike in 2003, President Hugo Chávez also managed the long-awaited […]
Uruguay 2004
Yearbook 2004 Uruguay. In the first round of the presidential elections on October 31, the left candidate Tabaré Vázquez, a 64-year-old doctor, won the Encuentro […]
Suriname 2004
Yearbook 2004 Suriname. In February, at the request of Guyana, the border dispute with Suriname on an oil-rich area in the sea outside the two […]
Paraguay 2004
Yearbook 2004 Paraguay. On June 29, the former Army Chief and General Lino Oviedo voluntarily returned from his five-year exile in Argentina and Brazil. He […]
Guyana 2004
Yearbook 2004 Guyana. According to CountryAAH, the total population in Guyana is 786,563 people in 2020. On June 24, George Bacchus, the main witness, was […]
Ecuador 2004
Yearbook 2004 Ecuador. After almost a year of intense political debate, on November 4, a request was made for the initiation of a judicial process […]
Colombia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Colombia. Carlos Castaño, leader of the AUC (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia) umbrella organization of the paramilitary forces, disappeared without trace on April 16, […]
Chile 2004
Yearbook 2004 Chile. According to CountryAAH, the total population in Chile is 19,116,212 people in 2020. The municipal elections on October 31 became a clear […]
Brazil 2004
Yearbook 2004 Brazil. In the mayoral election in October, the Labor Party PT (Partido dos Trabalhadores) went strong, winning in 400 municipalities across the country, […]
Bolivia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Bolivia. According to CountryAAH, the total population in Bolivia is 11,673,032 people in 2020. The political turmoil that led to President Gonzálo Sánchez […]
Argentina 2004
Yearbook 2004 Argentina. The organized protests of the unemployed (“piqueteros”) increased during the year. In early February, the Ministry of Labor building in Buenos Aires […]
Andean America and Latin America
Andean America It is called the Andean states the region of South America cut in the Andes, a mountain range that stretches from north to […]