Area: 83,534 km² Residents: 291,000 Population density: 3.2 E / km² Form of Government: Republic System of Government: semi-presidential democracy Neighboring countries: Brazil, Suriname Main town: Cayenne National language: French Religions: 84.4% Christian, of which over 90%…
Food in Colombia Colombia is a big country with very different landscapes. The country’s cuisine is also very different from region to region. The Indians living there also bring their…
Social conditions Living conditions in Venezuela have for a short time gone from normal prosperity for the region to direct misery for a majority of residents. Rarely has the situation…
Social conditions The standard of living in Uruguay is higher than in many other Latin American countries and the percentage of poor people is low. The country has long had…
Social conditions At independence, Suriname had a fairly advanced public welfare system of Dutch average. It suffered cuts during the financial crisis of the 1990s, but still holds a much…
Social conditions The social gaps and income gaps are very large in Peru. More than one in five residents are estimated to live in poverty. There are major differences between…
Social conditions Paraguay is a very unequal society with extreme differences between the country’s richest and poorest groups. Nearly one-third of the population lives in poverty. The worst is the…
Social conditions Guyana is one of Latin America’s poorest countries and income distribution is skewed. More than a third of the residents live in poverty and almost one in five…
Social conditions Ecuador is one of the countries with the most unequal distribution of income in the world, although differences have diminished in the 2000s. The proportion of poor people…
Social conditions Welfare is unevenly distributed in Colombia. The gaps between rich and poor are among the largest in the world. In the cities of the highlands, it is generally…
Social conditions The social insurance system includes, among other things, worker protection, unemployment benefits, maternity allowance and family allowances. The pension system has changed several times since the 1980s and…
Social conditions Brazil is a country with enormous internal differences, not least socially and economically. At the same time, great progress has been made since the turn of the millennium…
Social conditions Bolivia has long been considered one of South America’s poorest countries, but high economic growth in the decade following the turn of the millennium has reduced the proportion…
Social conditions The gaps between the poor and the rich are large. During the acute crisis in 1999–2002, 60 percent of the residents were considered poor. As the economy improved,…