Porlamar is the largest and most developed settlement of the island of Margarita. The city is located on its southeastern coast. According to pharmacylib, Margarita Island is the largest island in Venezuela. Its area is about 1000 sq. km and it is located 38 km from the northwestern coast of the country. Margarita Island, together […]
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Located between two Latin American giants, Uruguay is the geographical center of the most densely populated MERCOSUR zone, connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The network of roads and expressways is the densest in Latin America. The length of roads is 8983 km, incl. 90% hard coated (2000). 3/4 of cargo transportation is carried out […]
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History of Suriname Before the advent of Europeans, Arawak and Carib tribes lived on the territory of modern Suriname. This part of the continent was first explored in 1499 by the Spanish navigator Alonso de Ojeda. In 1551, Dutch merchants founded a small trading post on the banks of the Suriname River. In con. 16th […]
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In 1535, Spanish conquerors led by Diego de Almagro invaded Chile. Due to the fierce resistance of the Indians, the Spaniards did not advance further than the Maule River. Later, Pedro de Valdivia undertook a more successful expedition, and on February 12, 1541, he laid the first city in the present territory of Chile – […]
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The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a democratic, federal, legal, social state with a republican form of government. The Constitution of 1999 is in force. The administrative-territorial division is the federal (metropolitan) district, 23 states: Amazonas, Ansoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Vargas, Guarico, Delta Amacure, Carabobo, Cohedes, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portugues-sa, Sucre, […]
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The Constitution of 1993 is in force. Administratively, the country is divided into departments: Ayacucho, Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ica, Callao, Cajamarca, Cusco, La Libertad, Lambaeque, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ucayali. The most important cities are: Lima, Ayacucho, Arequipa, Ica, Iquitos, Cajamarca, Cusco, Pucallpa, […]
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Guyana is an independent state within the Commonwealth. Under the 1980 Constitution and the 1996 amendments, Guyana is a presidential-parliamentary republic. Administratively, the country is divided into 10 regions – Barima-Waini, Kuyuni-Mazaruni, Demerara-Mahaika, East Berbice – Corantein, Essequibo Islands – West Demerara (at the mouth of the Essequibo River, whose width is 34 km, there […]
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Colombia has approx. 60 political parties, organizations and movements, but the political monopoly belongs to the Liberal and Conservative parties. As a result of close cooperation between liberals and conservatives during the period of the National Front and in subsequent years, the ideological and programmatic differences between the traditional parties began to gradually fade. In […]
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After the October 6, 2002 parliamentary elections, 11 parties are still represented in the National Congress. In the Chamber of Deputies, in addition to the PT (91 deputies out of 513), relatively strong positions were occupied by both right and center-right (Liberal Front Party – 84, Brazilian Progressive Party – 49, Brazilian Trabalist Party – […]
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After the return to constitutional forms of government in Bolivia, approx. 70 political parties. As democracy consolidated and the economy stabilized, the extreme fragmentation and polarization of political parties began to decrease. Three main political forces came to the fore – the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR), the Left Revolutionary Movement (MIR) and the Nationalist Democratic […]
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