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The Bank of the South (Portuguese: Banco do Sul, Spanish: Banco del Sur, Dutch: Bank van het Zuiden, English: Bank of the South) will establish monetary policy and finance development projects. One of the objectives of monetary union is to establish a Single South American currency .
In Portuguese, América [157] is a single continent composed of América do Sul (South America), América Central (Central America) and América do Norte (North America). [158] 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. [159] [160]
Indonesia nationalized more than a thousand Dutch companies, and nine out of 10 of the Dutch residents returned to the Netherlands, along with thousands of pro-Dutch Indonesians. Although considered a triumph of nationalism, it resulted in a prolonged economic depression due to the country's lack of capital and managerial skills. [ 7 ]
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 ...
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.
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Confederados (Portuguese pronunciation: [kõfedeˈɾadus]) is the Brazilian name for Confederate expatriates, all white Southerners (along with their Black slaves), who fled the Southern United States during Reconstruction, and their Brazilian descendants.
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Republic of Indonesia. Indonesia had been a Dutch colony since 1800, known as the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch were expelled in March 1942 by the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. After the surrender of Japan in 1945, Sukarno declared independence on August 17, 1945.