The name for marginal settlements or slums in Brazil.
A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.
A region of South America that runs from Columbia, through Ecuador and Peru into Bolivia and parts of the Amazon rainforest with a significant indigenous population is primarily located.
An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.
The economic and political alliance of most European countries.
Goods that come from agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing.
Occurred when European colonists came to the New World and brought diseases that killed millions of indigenous people.
A grassy plain that contains few trees.
Occurs when countries, after very rapid growth from low to middle income status, falter due to poor infrastructure-poor roads and inadequate sanitation, education and health facilities- and low productivity.
Often follows an El Niño event, and is characterized by a decrease in sea temperature across the Eastern Central Pacific of up to 5 degrees C, which also has an impact on the weather of the region and across other regions of the world.
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.
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