Name given to the forest and woodland area of Brazil.
A crop that is easy to bring to market and is also considered a primary good, such as wheat.
A term used to describe anti-imperialism rhetoric that promotes income redistribution, national sovereignty and a distancing from the orbit of power of the USA.
A term used to describe those with black and indigenous ancestry.
An economic system in Latin America in which productive and accessible land was parceled out, often through Royal Charter, into large private estates.
A movement that seeks the reaffirmation of indigenous people and their rights.
The systemic variation in sea temperature in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of South America, typically in late December, that has an impact on the weather of the region and across other regions of the world.
Occurred when European colonists came to the New World and brought diseases that killed millions of indigenous people.
The principle of political or commercial cooperation between the US and the countries of South America, as well as those in Central America and the Caribbean.
An economic ideology that promotes deregulation, minimal or small government, low taxation, and free trade.
An indigenous group inhabiting lands in central Chile and southwest Argentina.
A term used to describe people with both black and white ancestry.
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