Airplane: According to andyeducation, Venezuela has several airlines and a fairly good network of flight connections. Caracas (more precisely, Maiquetia, where theairportfrom Caracas) is the main Venezuelan air hub with flights to most airports across the country. Cities that are most frequently approached from Caracas are Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz (Ciudad […]
South America
Argentina According to computerannals, Argentina is the second largest country in South America and, due to its large size, offers visitors a varied landscape and diverse culture. The Argentine capital Buenos Aires, with 12 million residents also one of the largest cities on the continent, is known for its diverse […]
Airplane: The national airline Aerolinas Argentinas / Austral has most of the domestic flights but is no better than other airlines. The airline is now known for its delays, so you should not use an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight if you want to fly on with connecting flights. Aerolíneas also operates […]
The structure The World Bank, which consists of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Fund (IDA), is part of the World Bank Group. This also includes IFC (International Financing Company), Miga (International Investment Guarantee Agency) and ICCID (International Center for Investment Conflict). According to Abbreviationfinder, […]
Yearbook 2002 Venezuela. A politically very troubled year began in April with a coup attempt against left-wing populist President Hugo Chávez. The already fierce political mood increased even more from October with almost daily mass demonstrations, roadblocks and crowds. According to Countryaah website, national day of Venezuela is every July […]
Yearbook 2002 Uruguay. According to Countryaah website, national day of Uruguay is every August 25. The economic recession of the last three years was further deepened during the year under the strong influence of the crisis in neighboring Argentina. Particularly hard hit was the tourism industry, which largely lives on […]
Yearbook 2002 Suriname. The arrival of sixteen Dutch marines in June sparked speculation that former President and Suriname’s strong man Desi Bouterse would be forcibly brought to the Netherlands, where he is wanted for drug offenses and threatened by eleven years in prison. According to Countryaah website, national day of […]
Yearbook 2002 Peru. Violent riots erupted in June in the city of Arequipa in southern Peru after the government announced plans to sell two energy companies to a Belgian company. The protesters demanded that sales be postponed after the local elections in November. According to Countryaah website, national day of […]
Yearbook 2002 Paraguay. According to Countryaah website, national day of Paraguay is every May 14. Interior Minister Julio César Fanego and Minister of Justice and Labor Silvio Ferreira were forced in February to resign after much media attention surrounding the revelations that two left-wing activists had been tortured after being […]
Yearbook 2002 Guyana. Desmond Hoyte, leader of the opposition party People’s National Congress (PNC), which is largely supported by black Guyanese, in March interrupted the talks since last year’s election with the People’s Progressive Party, PPP, the Indian Guyanese party. According to Hoyte, the election results were manipulated by PPP. […]
Yearbook 2002 Ecuador. In the second round of the presidential election held on November 24, surprising civil engineer and former Army colonel Lúcio Gutiérrez prevailed over the lawyer and banana magnate Alvaro Noboa. Opinion polls showed during most of the election campaign that Noboa would win; As late as August […]
Yearbook 2002 Colombia. According to Countryaah website, national day of Colombia is every July 20. The civil war escalated during the year. First, in February, after the peace talks with the largest guerrilla group FARC, President Andrés Pastrana ordered the army to occupy the so-called relaxation zone that the FARC […]
Yearbook 2002 Chile. In April, the government presented a proposal to change the constitution to remove the articles introduced by former dictator Augusto Pinochet shortly before his departure in 1990 to strengthen the military’s role in Chile’s politics. Among other things, the government wants to abolish the non-elected lifetime senators […]
Yearbook 2002 Brazil. In two rounds on October 6 and 27, the Labor Party’s PT (Partido dos Trabalhadores) candidate Luiz Inácio won “Lula” da Silva presidential election in Brazil. His main opponent, the government candidate José Serra, only managed to get 23% in the first round and 39% in the […]
Yearbook 2002 Bolivia. The June 30 presidential election was very even. The votes were distributed among three candidates. Gonzálo Sánchez de Lozada of the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR), who was president in 1993-97, won with 22.5% of the vote over Evo Morales (Movimiento al Socialismo, MAS), but the margin was […]
Yearbook 2002 Argentina. President Eduardo Duhalde bowed to public opinion and announced in July that the presidential election should be scheduled for six months and held March 30, 2003. According to Countryaah website, national day of Argentina is every July 9. The Peronist Party (Partido Justicialista) is deeply divided before […]
Latin America – population Latin America’s indigenous population is virtually extinct in many places, but especially in northern Central America (southern Mexico and Guatemala according to Countryaah.com) and in several Andean states (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru), the Indians still make up a large proportion of the population. Furthermore, the population composition […]