at the Baghdad Conference on September 14 th‚ 1960‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Iran‚ Iraq‚ Venezuela and Kuwait. OPEC has since expanded to include other members: Qatar in 1961‚ Libya in 1962‚ the United Arab Emirates in 1967‚ Algeria in 1969‚ Nigeria in 1971‚ Ecuador in 1973‚ and recently Angola in 2007 making a total membership of 12. For the first five years‚ OPEC’s headquarters was set in Geneva‚ Switzerland. It was moved to Vienna‚ Austria‚ on September 1‚ 1965. (OPEC‚ March 2009) OPEC was created in a time
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What causes people from rural areas in Peru to move to its capital‚ Lima‚ and what are the effects it has on the way of living? This is a big concern for the Peruvian people whose lives are affected by an increase in poverty‚ invaded settlements‚ and crime. Lima is crowded with people who live in very poor conditions due to the lack of employment. In order to explain the current situation in Lima I truly feel one must understand its history. Peru is a country which history contained many different
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Brief description of indigenous people There is no universal definition of indigenous people‚ but generally indigenous people are those that have historically belonged to a particular region or country‚ before its colonization or transformation into a nation state. They often have distinct cultural‚ linguistic‚ traditional‚ and other characteristics to those of the dominant culture of that region or state. There are approximately 370 million indigenous people among 70 countries‚ worldwide. It is
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Compare/Contrast Essay The Ancient Mayan‚ Aztec and Incan Empires While the ancient civilizations of the Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Incan Empires were all very different and unique in their own ways. They each became strong and successful because of the different ways of adapting to the region they lived in and the many achievements that they made in their civilization which influence us today. The Mayan civilization was strongest from 300 to 900 A.D. It was located in what is now Central America
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Alias La Gringa Synopsis The film “Alias La Gringa” simply said was the third most successful film screened in Peru in 1991. It is a daring story that combines a prison drama which shows the structural violence and claustrophobia of Peruvian institutions‚ with the spectacular elements of the action-adventure genre such as escape attempts‚ bomb attacks‚ basketball matches and fights that contribute towards the development of tension and anticipation. This action packed film suffered many hard ships
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aquaculture using floating rafts for shallow-sea farming. -seaweeds and filtering organisms FISH AQUACULTURE RAFT CULTURE • Shrimp Farming- raising of shrimp or prawn in tanks‚ ponds and ocean enclosure. It is the second largest industry in Ecuador. -shrimp and prawn • Eco-friendly Aquaculture- using sewage waste‚ artificial upwelling to concentrate nutrients in the water. • - oysters SHRIMP FARMING ECOFRIENDLY AQUACULTUR E Problem associated with Aquaculture • Conversion of mangrove ecosystem
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Writing essays have always been a challenge for me. I am from Ecuador‚ my native language is Spanish and‚ I came to the United States three years ago. With the passage of the time‚ I have learned to talk in English‚ but learning to write in English has been much harder for me over these three years. However‚ I have been noticing some progress in my writing in different ways: Idea generation‚ structuring the essay‚ and learning to give good supporting evidence have been some of the biggest improvements
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hindrance to the Spanish development of Tejas? How did the Age of Revolution affect Spanish America and Tejas in particular? Age of Revolution : United States‚ 1775-1783 France‚ 1789-1795 Napoleonic Wars‚ 1795-1815 Haiti‚ 1791-1804 Ecuador‚ 1809 Mexico‚ 1810-1821 Colombia‚ 1810 Venezuela‚ 1811 Paraguay‚ 1811 Argentina‚ 1816 Chile‚ 1818 Peru‚ 1821 Dominican Republic‚ 1821 Costa Rica‚ 1821 El Salvador‚ 1821 Honduras‚ 1821 Nicaragua‚ 1821 Guatemala‚ 1821 week
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clears Chevron of protest shootings.” San Francisco Chronicle. Tuesday‚ December 2‚ 2008. * Chevron.com * Chevron Corporation. “2010 Annual Report.” * “Chevron Corporation.” Datamonitor. August 18 2011. * “Chevron fined for Amazon pollution by Ecuador Court.” BBC News Online. February 15‚ 2011. * “Consent decree: United States of America v Chevron.” EPA.gov. June 5 7‚ 2005. * Hoovers Company Profiles. “Company Profile: Chevron Corporation.” * “United States Petrochemicals: Competitive Landscape
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expand about 1438 and occupied a vast region that centered on the capital‚ Cusco‚ in southern Peru. The Empire extended more than 2‚500 miles (4‚020 kilometers) along the western coast of South America. It included parts of Present - Day Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru‚ Bolivia‚ Chile‚ and Argentina. The Inca Empire was conquered by Spanish Forces soon after their arrival in 1532. <br><br>Inca emperors ruled their far - reaching territory through a complex political system. The Inca took over many areas by
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