In terms of the treaty, all land to the west of the line (known to comprise most of the South American soil) would belong to Spain, and all land to the east, to Portugal. A biome is a community of animals and plants that spreads over an area with a relatively uniform climate. In South to America, Imani Perry shows that the meaning of American is inextricably linked with the South, and that our understanding of its history and culture is the key to understanding the nation as a whole. Between 1941 and 1942 Peru and Ecuador fought for territories claimed by both that were annexed by Peru, usurping Ecuador's frontier with Brazil. Perry's other books include Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, winner of the2019 Bograd-Weld Biography Prize from the Pen America Foundation; Breathe: A Letter to My Sons; Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation; and May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem.

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With the exception of the South, American regions are often characterized as forward-leaning: The West and Midwest are wild frontiers of gritty innovation and expansionism; the East and Northeast are fast-paced centers of culture, commerce, industry, and opportunity. In the production of natural gas, in 2018, Argentina produced 1524 bcf (billion cubic feet), Venezuela 946, Brazil 877, Bolivia 617, Peru 451, Colombia 379.

In addition to copper, Chile was, in 2019, the world's largest producer of iodine [158] and rhenium, [159] the second largest producer of lithium [160] and molybdenum, [140] the sixth largest producer of silver, [161] the seventh largest producer of salt, [162] the eighth largest producer of potash, [163] the thirteenth producer of sulfur [164] and the thirteenth producer of iron ore [165] in the world. The two main languages are by far Spanish and Portuguese, followed by English, French and Dutch in smaller numbers. For the botanical continent defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, see Southern America (WGSRPD). The remaining countries and territories are divided among four subregions: the Andean states, Caribbean South America, The Guianas, and the Southern Cone. The Atlantic slave trade brought enslaved Africans primarily to South American colonies, beginning with the Portuguese since 1502.

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In Peru, European ancestries ranged from 1% to 31%, while the African contribution was only 1% to 3%.While in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, she documents the history of Shields Green, one of the raiders who took part in John Brown's raid on Harper Ferry, a failed attempt by abolitionists to seize control of the Harper's Ferry Armory and foment a nationwide slave rebellion.

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In 1825 the proclamation of independence of Cisplatina led to the Cisplatine War between historical rivals the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, Argentina's predecessor. In 2018, Argentina was the fourth largest producer of beef in the world, with a production of 3 million tonnes (behind only the United States, Brazil and China). With uncommon insight and breathtaking clarity, South to America offers an assertion that if we want to build a more humane future for the United States, we must center our concern below the Mason-Dixon Line. So far five South American nations have hosted the tournament including the first edition in Uruguay (1930).Brazil declined to acknowledge a formal state of war, and, for most of its duration, the Uruguayan–Brazilian armed conflict was an undeclared war which led to the deposition of the Blancos and the rise of the pro-Brazilian Colorados to power again.

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With an unparalleled number of plant and animal species, South America’s rich biodiversity is unique among the world’s continents. Primates are abundant—howler monkeys, spider monkeys, and capuchin monkeys—along with sloths, snakes, and iguanas. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery.An essential meditation on the South, its relationship to American culture—even Americanness itself…. Rather, he was making a political statement in opposition to the monarchist and centralist ideas that back then permeated Buenos Aires politics.