east‚ along the Atlantic Ocean. It has a number of oceanic archipelagos in addition to its mainland area. Brazil is bordered by every other country in South America except Chile and Ecuador. All of the countries that Brazil borders are French Guiana‚ Guyana‚ Suriname‚ Venezuela‚ Colombia‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Uruguay‚ Paraguay‚ and Argentina. Brazil is located at 10 00 S and 55 00 W. Many people would say that it has a prime location for exporting because it is so close to the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil takes
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Book reviews: Literature of the Indian Diaspora edited by O.P. Dwivedi. Vivek Kumar Dwivedi. Transnational Literature Vol. 4 no. 2‚ May 2012. http://fhrc.flinders.edu.au/transnational/home.html O.P. Dwivedi‚ Literature of the Indian Diaspora (Pencraft International‚ 2011) Literature of the Indian Diaspora constitutes a major study of the literature and other cultural texts of the Indian diaspora. It is also an important contribution to diaspora theory in general. Applying a theoretical framework
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The Amazon Rainforest‚ and Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world. Located in South America‚ encompassing parts of Peru‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Guyana‚ Suriname‚ French Guiana‚ Bolivia and much of Brazil. The Amazon‚ like the rest of the forests‚ has a great variety of fauna‚ flora and mineral deposits. All are important for balance‚ both climate and ecological. The Amazon forest is developed around the Amazon River and its watershed. The title of "lungs of the planet" that holds the
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personnel each‚ Turkey sent searching troops‚ Germany and China sent officers of technical assistance‚ aircraft carriers arrived from Russia‚ Israeli medical staff came‚ Iran allocated tents for families that lost their homes. Even such countries as Guyana‚ Estonia and Liberia have sent money. It would seem that the sum these countries sent was ridiculous‚ but for a
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MY ANCESTORS’ JOURNEY TO THE CARIBBEAN: A LINK TO MY RICH PAST 3/2/2012 BY CATO MORGAN JR. 1 BY CATO A. MORGAN JR. Contents Introduction: ......................................................................................................................... 3 My mother’s ancestry ....................................................................................................... 6 Music ....................................................................................
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imagination. It is virtually impossible to keep Caribbean Literature only within the confines of writings produced within the Caribbean Islands. Caribbean Literature also transcends the borders of Central and South America extending to the shores of Guyana‚ Suriname‚ French Guiana; and coastal areas of Colombia‚ Nicaragua‚ Belize and Honduras. Evidence of aspects of Caribbean Literature can also be seen in literary works produced in various areas of the USA including Miami and New Orleans. Works of
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In the year 1958‚ the West Indies Federation‚ was started by the British Caribbean Federation Act of 1956 and the objective of starting this federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state. This Federation consisted of ten (10) territories which were: Antigua and Barbuda‚ Dominica‚ Barbados‚ Montserrat‚ Jamaica‚ Grenada‚ Saint Lucia‚ Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla‚ Saint Vincent and lastly Trinidad and Tobago. The total population of the West Indies
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Pollution This swan is breeding on a heap of plastic Littering on a beach in Guyana Pollution is when something is added to the environment that is harmful or poisonous to living things. Smoke in the air from factories is a type of pollution as it is bad for the lungs when breathed in. Sewage in drinking water is another type of pollution‚ as it can make people ill because it contains germs and viruses. People living next to a building site where there is too much noise can become sick as
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of a position of being owned into one of possessing property‚ of controlling and managing it for his own benefit. • The effort began long before he was set free. It began with the Maroons in the mountains of Jamaica ‚ Bush Negros in Suriname and Guyana • Early peasantry started during slavery where‚ in order to increase the food supply slaves were provided with plots of land for cultivation. Practice varied according to the size of the territory and the nature of the land. Barbados for example
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Dominican meringue to the steely Trinidad Calypso. It all comes together to create the Caribbean scenario‚ one that lingers in your mind and taste buds after you have left. The Arawaks were the first to settle in the Caribbean. First venturing to Guyana‚ and Venezuela‚ then they made their way to Trinidad‚ Bahamas‚ Jamaica‚ and Cuba. The Caribs followed and waged war on the Arawaks and then Europeans came and enslaved them. This gave us Caribbean people a combination of foods and culture. The Arawaks
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