South America

An economic development strategy marked by protectionist policies in order to bolster local growth.

An indigenous group inhabiting lands in central Chile and southwest Argentina.

The name for marginal settlements or slums in Brazil.

An economic system in Latin America in which productive and accessible land was parceled out, often through Royal Charter, into large private estates.

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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.

Name given to the forest and woodland area of Brazil.

A grassy plain that contains few trees.

Goods that come from agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing.

Refers to people of mixed European-indigenous origin, including the vast majority of the people of Central America.

Refers to a situation in which the concentration of a nation's population in just one city.

A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.

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