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A clickable Euler diagram showing the relationships between various multinational organizations in the Americas v • d • e. The Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America (Spanish: Foro para el Progreso e Integración de América del Sur, PROSUR; Portuguese: Fórum para o Progresso e Desenvolvimento da América do Sul, PROSUL, Dutch: Forum voor de Vooruitgang en Integratie van ...
Now called "MWM International Ind. de Motores da America do Sul Ltda.", has three manufacturing plants: one in Santo Amaro in São Paulo (headquarters), Canoas in Rio Grande do Sul, and Cordoba in Argentina. MWM is said to have a 36% market share for diesel engines, by number of engines produced. [citation needed]
The following parts of South America are or were territories of non-South American states and therefore do not participate: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao are parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands near the Venezuelan coastline. French Guiana, which is an overseas department of France and is therefore part of the European Union.
Before the canal’s completion, ships traveling between the east and west coasts of the Americas would have to sail around Cape Horn, on the southern tip of South America, adding thousands of ...
Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia, still a major silver mine Amethyst mine in Ametista do Sul. South America is a major producer of gems such as amethyst, topaz, emerald, aquamarine and tourmaline. Chuquicamata is the largest open pit mine in the world, near the city of Calama in Chile.
In Portuguese, América [155] is a single continent composed of América do Sul (South America), América Central (Central America) and América do Norte (North America). [156] It can be ambiguous, as América can be used to refer to the United States of America, but is avoided in print and formal environments. [157] [158]
The Summit of South American-Arab Countries (Arabic: قمة الدول العربية ودول أمريكا الجنوبية, French: Sommet Amérique du Sud-Pays Arabes, Portuguese: Cúpula América do Sul-Países Árabes, Spanish: Cumbre América del Sur-Países Árabes) is a bi-regional mechanism for cooperation and political coordination, which gathers the 22 member-States of the League of ...
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