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| ARTICLES RELATED TO South American Wars of Independence | | | | |  South American Wars of Independence: Encyclopedia II - History of South America - European colonizationBefore the arrival of Europeans, an estimated 30 million people lived in South America.
In 1494, Portugal and Spain, the two great maritime powers of that time, on the expectation of new lands being discovered in the west, signed the Treaty of Tordesilhas, by which they agreed that all the land outside Europe should be an exclusive duopoly between the two countries. The Treaty established an imaginary line along a north-south meridian 370 leagues west of Cape Verde Islands, roughly 46° 37' W. In terms of the treaty, all land to the w ...
See also:History of South America, History of South America - Pre-Columbian era, History of South America - Amazon, History of South America - Norte Chico, History of South America - Chavín, History of South America - Moche, History of South America - Inca, History of South America - European colonization, History of South America - Independence, History of South America - Recent history, History of South America - Notes Read more here: » History of South America: Encyclopedia II - History of South America - European colonization |
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| | | | | South American Wars of Independence: Encyclopedia II - South America - Geography The classification of its geographic location is subject to dispute, as in some non-English speaking regions of the world, the Americas are a continent and North, Central and South America are its subcontinents. In English-speaking and certain other regions of the world, North and South America are considered to be continents and their union is referred to as the supercontinent of the Americas. The classification given to South America, as a subcontinent in a continent or a continent in a supercontinent ...
See also:South America, South America - Geography, South America - History, South America - Chavín, South America - Inca, South America - European colonization, South America - Independence, South America - Recent history, South America - Economy, South America - Culture, South America - People, South America - Mestizos, South America - African ancestry, South America - Territories and divisions, South America - Clarification Read more here: » South America: Encyclopedia II - South America - Geography |
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| | | | | South American Wars of Independence: Encyclopedia II - South America - Economy As of 2002, South America's unemployment rate was 10.8 percent.
Due to histories of high inflation in nearly all South American countries, interest rates and thus investment remain high and low, respectively. Interest rates are usually double that of the United States. For example, interest rates are about 22 percent in Venezuela and 23 percent in Suriname. The exception is Chile, which had a head start from 1973 under Augusto Pinochet.
The South American Community of Nations is a planned continent-wide free trade zone to unite two existing free-trade organizat ...
See also:South America, South America - Geography, South America - History, South America - Chavín, South America - Inca, South America - European colonization, South America - Independence, South America - Recent history, South America - Economy, South America - Culture, South America - People, South America - Mestizos, South America - African ancestry, South America - Territories and divisions, South America - Clarification Read more here: » South America: Encyclopedia II - South America - Economy |
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| | | | | South American Wars of Independence: Encyclopedia II - South America - Culture Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion. French Guiana also has a large number of Protestants. Guyana and Suriname are exceptions, with three major religions: Christianity in general, Hinduism, and Islam.
Portuguese and Spanish are the primary languages of the continent. The majority of South Americans (51%) speak Portuguese. However, most South American countries are Spanish-speaking, and nearly all of the continent's lusophones reside in Brazil. Among other languages used by many South Americans are:
Aymará in Boliv ...
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| | | | | South American Wars of Independence: Encyclopedia II - List of Hispanics - Musicians
List of Hispanics - Classical.
Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), composer and pianist.
Claudio Arrau (1903–1991), pianist.
Daniel Barenboim (b. 1942), pianist and conductor.
Pau Casals (1876–1973), cello player and conductor.
Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), composer.
Enrique Granados (1867–1916), composer.
Eduardo Marturet (b. 1953), conductor and composer.
Eduardo Mata (1942–19 ...
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| | | | | South American Wars of Independence: Encyclopedia II - History of South America - Notes
Falkland Islands · French Guiana · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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| | | | | South American Wars of Independence: Encyclopedia II - History of South America - Independence The Spanish colonies won their independence in the first quarter of the 19th century, in the South American Wars of Independence. Simon Bolivar and José de San Martín led their independence struggle. Although Bolivar attempted to keep the Spanish-speaking parts of the continent politically unified, they rapidly became independent of one another as well, and several further wars were fought, such as the War of the Triple Alliance and the War of the Pacific. In the Portuguese colony Dom Pedro I (also Pedro IV of Portugal), son of the Portugu ...
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| | | | | South American Wars of Independence: Encyclopedia II - History of South America - Recent history The continent, like many others, became a battlefield of the Cold War in the late 20th century. The government of Chile was overthrown in the early 1970s, as a late (and peculiar) development of the U.S. Monroe Doctrine. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Peru suffered from internal conflicts (see Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement and Shining Path). Other revolutions and military dictatorships have been common.
International indebtedness became a notable problem, as most recently il ...
See also:History of South America, History of South America - Pre-Columbian era, History of South America - Amazon, History of South America - Norte Chico, History of South America - Chavín, History of South America - Moche, History of South America - Inca, History of South America - European colonization, History of South America - Independence, History of South America - Recent history, History of South America - Notes Read more here: » History of South America: Encyclopedia II - History of South America - Recent history |
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| | | | | South American Wars of Independence: Encyclopedia II - South America - People Ethnic groups of South America include:
Awá
Banawa
Caiapos
Enxet
European descendants, especially from Spain, Portugal and Italy.
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Guarani
Incas
Quechuas
Juris
Latin peoples
Mapuche
Mestizo
Xucuru
Zaparos
Indigenous peoples make up the majority of the population in Bolivia and Peru, and are a significant element in most other former Spanish colonies. Exceptions to this include Argentina a ...
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