Brazil Description
Brazil is a country of exotic nature, almost 8 thousand km of picturesque beaches, a cheerful population, ancient Indian traditions and colorful colonial architecture, and one of the most developed…
Category: South America
Emigration to French Guiana
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%…
Colombia Cuisine
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…
Venezuela Social Condition Facts
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…
Uruguay Social Condition Facts
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…
Suriname Social Condition Facts
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…
Peru Social Condition Facts
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…
Paraguay Social Condition Facts
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…
Guyana Social Condition Facts
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…
Ecuador Social Condition Facts
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…
Colombia Social Condition Facts
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…
Chile Social Condition Facts
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…
Brazil Social Condition Facts
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…
Bolivia Social Condition Facts
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…
Argentina Social Condition Facts
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,…