GFA 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mercosur
18 Oct 2018
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Spanish colonization: same as for middle america, new participant- portugal, treaty of tordesillas 1494, portuguese same as spanish except they don"t find rich indigenous states so have no useable labor force, slaves from africa. Colombia: geography, 1st democratic country in south america, most economically diverse country, coffee, sugar, coal, oil, textiles, prone to civil wars, cocaine a. Insurgent state: recently signed treaty to end 50 year civil war. Venezuela: good agriculture originally, agriculture discontinued after discovering oil, poor management of the economy, authoritarian government comes to power, country in crisis. The andean west: andes mountains are the dominant factor for these countries, center of incan empire, altitudinal zonation, changes rules of latitude, per , bolivia, ecuador c. Indigenous population relegated to tierra fria and tierra helada. Peru: mountains divide peru into 3 parts, desert coast i. ii. Fishing and agricultural: andean mountain region i. Oil and gas: good leadership, working to make everyone equal.
