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The South American possessions of the Spanish Crown won their independence between 1804 and 1824 in the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolívar of Venezuela and José de San Martín of Argentina were the most important leaders of the independence struggles. Bolívar led a great army southward while San Martín led an army across the Andes Mountains, meeting up with General Bernardo O'Higgins in Chile, and then marched northward. The two armies finally met in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where they cornered the Royal Army of the Spanish Crown and forced its surrender.
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The final major South American dry-forest area is the coastal forest of north-western Peru and south-western Ecuador. Even more anomalous in its geographical setting than the caatinga, this dry-forest region is positioned almost on the Equator. The occurrence of dry forest so near the Equator is due to the offshore Humboldt Current. While similar cold-water currents occur along mid-latitude western coasts of other continents, the Humboldt Current is perhaps the strongest of these and is the only cold current reaching so near the Equator. The dry forest of coastal Peru and adjacent Ecuador is (or at least was, see below) physiognomically similar to that of western Central America, tall with a closed canopy of broadleaved completely deciduous trees.
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It's estimated that 310 million people live in South America. The population is extremely diverse, and it would be difficult to generalize about the cultural makeup of the continent. But it is safe to say that of all the different people who live here, a large majority can trace their roots back to Spain, Portugal, Africa, or South America itself. Because of the Spanish and Portuguese influence, mestizos (people of both Amerindian and either Spanish or Portuguese ancestry) are ... in the majority. From the late 19th century through 1930, the look of South Americans began to gradually change. Millions of Italians emigrated mainly to Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
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Due to histories of high inflation in nearly all South American countries, interest-rates and ... investment remain high and low, respectively. Interest rates are usually twice that of the United States. For example, interest-rates are about 22% in Venezuela and 23% in Suriname. The exception is Chile, which has been successfully implementing free market economic policies since the 1980s and increased its social spending since the return of democratic rule in the early 1990s. This has led to economic stability and interest rates in the low single digits.
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Generex's South American joint venture partner, PharmaBrand S.A., under the stewardship of Dr. Roberto Cid, spearheaded this regulatory effort. PharmaBrand is making preparations for the commercial launch of Oral-lyn(TM) in Ecuador this year. There are approximately 360,700 adult patients with diabetes in Ecuador (International Diabetes Federation, 2003). In addition, the Company is continuing its efforts to secure the participation of a multi-national pharmaceutical co-marketing partner for the balance of South America.
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PlayPhone's South American headquarters will serve as the portal to the continent's expanding mobile entertainment marketplace, and allow anyone with a mobile phone to access the world's best mobile content, PlayPhone's simple user interface and its industry-leading direct-to-consumer technology platform. PlayPhone intends to offer games, ringtones, wallpaper, video and more, supported by all major South American carriers. The new, dedicated South American consumer site is located at
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