Peru is located in East‚ South America. It is bordered by Ecuador‚ Columbia‚ Brazil‚ and Bolivia. Peru was founded by Francisco Pizarro on January 18‚ 1535. The Peruvian flag is a vertical triband. It is red on the left and right‚ and white in the middle. It has an escudo partitioned into 3 unequal parts (the bottom being larger). The current flag was officially adopted on February 25‚ 1825. In this paper I will be talking about 3 properties of the flag. What the Cinchona tree represents on the flag
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Choosing a cultural event for my assignment wasn’t easy for me. There were so many different types of events to consider that choosing only one was difficult because there are so many to choose from‚ that I have an interest in‚ almost every type. I looked around and found an event which I chose to attend because it offered the opportunity to educated myself on different international islands I didn’t know about. I would identify this event as international plane ride to different countries. Venezuela
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Max Warren Ecuador Case February 6th‚ 2012 What’s The Problem? Currently in Ecuador there is a massive oil business that is having trouble being regulated. In a country of 14 million people it employs 12‚000 and just recently bought out the big oil companies in order to control the entire petroleum market. Texaco and Gulf oil were bought out due to turbulent relationships with the government. However‚ Ecuador has little government regulations and resources that would allow them to properly
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States Government has this to say about the Peruvian history‚ “When the Spanish landed in 1531‚ Peru’s territory was the nucleus of the highly developed Inca civilization. Centered at Cuzco‚ the Incan Empire extended over a vast region from northern Ecuador to central Chile. In search of Inca wealth‚ the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro‚ who arrived in the territory after the Incas had fought a debilitating civil war‚ conquered the weakened people. The Spanish captured the Incan capital at Cuzco by
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savage. This named was originally assigned to the indians of the South East orient of Ecuador by the first European explorers to become aware of their existence. Jivaro is the name that linguists and anthropologists have assigned to the Amazon tribes Shuar‚ Huambisa‚ Aguaruna‚ Achuar and Shiviar who share the same language with slight variations in dialect. The historical center of the Jivaro was in Macas‚ Ecuador. Over the years after the Spanish conquest they migrated south‚ eventually occupying
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will lend an ear. When talking with people who live and work in the islands‚ the lines blur between the two and different shades of helpful and damaging come into view. There is a struggle between preserving the islands and the way things work in Ecuador; things taken for granted elsewhere become hurdles and solutions to problems need to take
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The best city to visit in Ecuador is Cuenca. Cuenca is known as very cultural city for its unique blend of modernity and colonial charm in every place you go. There you can find out so much about Ecuadorian culture you can visit Chordeleg that is famous of its elaboration of fine jewelry in silver and gold. You also can visit the famous “Cajas National Park”‚ here you will find an infinitive diversity of flora and fauna. Also in Cuenca you can be part of the best parties ever. Cuenca has
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Ecuador Essay Ecuador is a very fascinating country. Scientists can use the past information about the geography to figure out the future. For instance‚ learning how the land has transformed over time in Ecuador may lead to a continuous pattern. Other things that scientists use are tools and techniques. Identifying various rocks and minerals‚ discovering how the land has been changed‚ and observing mountain formations and fossils also help to figure out patterns. All of these things allow scientists
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their empire along to approximately the length of Western South America. The Inca Empire grew huge in amazingly short time‚ less than100 years‚ from a small area in south central Peru to a vast region encompassing all of modern day Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Ecuador and parts of what is now Colombia‚ Argentina and Chile (Ziegler‚ 2003). The Inca Empire had become one of the largest empires in the world at that time. Due to the complexity and topographical
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the actual change that education is having in Ecuador. Why is this important? Making changes to a deteriorated education system is not easy‚ like the author said‚ “Ifear the plan could be discarded like so many other quick fixes”. For instance‚ changing the education system in Ecuador took 8 years. In fact‚ the process is still not finished. A good reform is worth it‚ not only adding extra time for everyone. The President of Ecuador‚ economist Rafael Correa thinks that focusing
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